Characterization of an ascorbate-reducible cytochrome b561 by site-directed mutagenesis

Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 55-59

  Bérczi, Alajos ^a   Asard, Han ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ASC reduction; Cytochrome b561; Essential histidine residues; FLAG tag; His tag; Lysine residues; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASCORBIC ACID; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME B561; HEME; HISTIDINE; ISOPROTEIN; LYSINE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CHROMAFFIN GRANULE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENOMICS; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TONOPLAST; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 33846435157     PISSN: 1588385X     EISSN: 15884082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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