Insights into the metabolism of elemental sulfur by the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus: Characterization of a coenzyme A-dependent NAD(P)H sulfur oxidoreductase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4431-4441

  Schut, Gerrit J ^a   Bridger, Stephanie L ^a   Adams, Michael W W ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COENZYME A; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME C; NADPH SULFUR OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; RNA; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ASSAY; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; COENZYME A; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NADP; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFUR; TIME FACTORS;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMOCOCCALES;

EID: 34250336912     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00031-07     Document Type: Article

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