Spectopotentiometric properties and salt-dependent thermotolerance of a [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin-involved nitrate assimilation in Haloferax mediterranei

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-55

  Martínez Espinosa, Rosa María ^a   Richardson, David J ^b   Butt, Julea N ^b   Bonete, María José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeon; Electron paramagnetic resonance; Ferredoxin; Halophile; Iron sulphur cluster; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

FERROUS ASPARTATE; IRON; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ALGA; ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HEAT TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; PLANT; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SALT TOLERANCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME STABILITY; FERREDOXINS; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI;

EID: 35748982883     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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