The archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans contains a protein disulfide reductase with an iron-sulfur cluster

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7475-7484

  Lessner, Daniel J ^a   Ferry, James G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CARBOXYLYASE; CARBOXYMUCONOLACTONE DECARBOXYLASE; CYSTEINE; IRON; METHANE; PROTEIN DISULFIDE REDUCTASE (GLUTATHIONE); SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; MDRA GENE; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DISULFIDE REDUCTASE (GLUTATHIONE); PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS;

EID: 35048877274     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00891-07     Document Type: Article

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