Molecular Cloning, Characterisation and Ligand-bound Structure of an Azoreductase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 373, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1213-1228

  Wang, Chan Ju ^a   Hagemeier, Christoph ^a   Rahman, Nawreen ^a   Lowe, Edward ^b   Noble, Martin ^b   Coughtrie, Michael ^c   Sim, Edith ^a   Westwood, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

azo dyes; azo pro drugs; azoreductase; human intestinal flora; IBD

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; AZO DYE; AZO REDUCTASE; BALSALAZIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVODOXIN; METHYL RED; OLSALAZINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PRODRUG; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOINFORMATICS; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; LIGAND BINDING; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 35148864753     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.048     Document Type: Article

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