Voltammetric characterization of the aerobic energy-dissipating nitrate reductase of Paracoccus pantotrophus: Exploring the activity of a redox-balancing enzyme as a function of electrochemical potential

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 409, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 159-168

  Gates, Andrew J ^a   Richardson, David J ^a   Butt, Julea N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haem; Iron sulfur cluster; Molybdenum; Nitrate reduction; Quinol pool; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NITRATES; PROTEINS; REDUCTION;

HAEM; IRON-SULFUR CLUSTER; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NITRATE REDUCTION; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTON GRADIENT;

ENZYME ACTIVITY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PROTON; QUINOLINIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; UBIQUINOL; UBIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MICHAEL ADDITION; NITRATE REDUCER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS; PH MEASUREMENT; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS;

CATALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; KINETICS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARACOCCUS PANTOTROPHUS; POTENTIOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UBIQUINONE;

EID: 38149059116     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20071088     Document Type: Article

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