A novel thermostable sulfite oxidase from Thermus thermophilus: Characterization of the enzyme, gene cloning and expression in Escherichia coli

Extremophiles

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 587-598

  Di Salle, Anna ^a   D'Errico, Giovanni ^a   La Cara, Francesco ^a   Cannio, Raffaele ^a   Rossi, Mosè ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ferricyanide; Molybdenum cofactor; Sulfite oxidase; Thermophilic enzyme; Thermus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRICYANIDE; METALLOPROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SODIUM MOLYBDATE(VI); SODIUM SULFITE; SULFITE; SULFITE OXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COENZYMES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERRICYANIDES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; METALLOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERIPLASM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PTERIDINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFITE OXIDASE; SULFITES; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33751120687     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-006-0534-z     Document Type: Article

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