The role of tryptophan in the ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase of spinach

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Tripathy, Jatindra N ^a   Hirasawa, Masakazu ^a   Kim, Sung Kun ^a   Setterdahl, Aaron T ^a,b   Allen, James P ^c   Knaff, David B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferredoxin; Nitrite reductase; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; NITRITE REDUCTASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINACH;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FERREDOXINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINACIA OLERACEA; TRYPTOPHAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 34548154052     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-007-9198-5     Document Type: Article

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