Involvement of a novel copper chaperone in tyrosinase activity and melanin synthesis in Marinomonas mediterranea

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2241-2249

  Lopez Serrano D ^a,b   Solano, F ^a   Sanchez Amat, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; COPPER PROTEIN; LACCASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYPHENOL OXIDASE B2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINOMONAS; MARINOMONAS MEDITERRANEA; MELANOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WILD TYPE;

COPPER; DNA, BACTERIAL; MARINOMONAS; MELANINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARINOMONAS MEDITERRANEA;

EID: 34447514352     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/006833-0     Document Type: Article

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