A robust metallo-oxidase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2683-2694

  Fernandes, André T ^a   Soares, Cláudio M ^a   Pereira, Manuela M ^a   Huber, Robert ^b   Grass, Gregor ^c   Martins, Lígia O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquifex aeolicus; Copper and iron homeostasis; Hyperthermophilic bacteria; Metallo oxidase; Multicopper oxidases

Indexed keywords

COPPER; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CATALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BENZOTHIAZOLES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COPPER; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRAZONES; IRON; LACCASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SULFONIC ACIDS;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34249108880     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05803.x     Document Type: Article

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