Reductase domain of Drosophila melanogaster nitric-oxide synthase: Redox transformations, regulation, and similarity to mammalian homologues

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 42, 2007, Pages 11865-11873

  Ray, Sougata Sinha ^a,d   Sengupta, Rajib ^a   Tiso, Mauro ^c   Haque, Mohammad Mahfuzul ^c   Sahoo, Rupam ^a   Konas, David W ^c,e   Aulak, Kulwant ^c   Regulski, Michael ^b   Tully, Tim ^b   Stuehr, Dennis J ^c   Ghosh, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^e MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNOS CATALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; FRUIT FLY; REDOX TRANSFORMATIONS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEINS; REDOX REACTIONS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; QUERCETIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SOLVENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; REDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALMODULIN; CATALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENDOTHELIUM; FLAVINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; NADP; NADPH-FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA;

EID: 35448975720     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi700805x     Document Type: Article

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