Isolation of a soluble and membrane-associated Fe(III) reductase from the thermophile, Thermus scotoductus (SA-01)

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-243

  Möller, Christelle ^a   Van Heerden, Esta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction; Fe(III) reductase; Purification; Thermophile; Thermus scotoductus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; IRON REDUCTASE; MEMBRANE ENZYME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS; THERMUS SCOTODUCTUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; FMN REDUCTASE; HEAT; IRON; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; THERMUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMUS SCOTODUCTUS;

EID: 33751232920     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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