Coenzyme F420-dependent sulfite reductase-enabled sulfite detoxification and use of sulfite as a sole sulfur source by Methanococcus maripaludis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3591-3595

  Johnson, Eric F ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Biswarup ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COENZYME F 420 DEPENDENT SULFITE REDUCTASE; SULFIDE; SULFITE; SULFITE REDUCTASE; SULFUR; COENZYME F420; DRUG DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBOFLAVIN;

DETOXIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METHANOGENIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RECOMBINATION; SULFIDE; SULFITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DETOXIFICATION; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOGEN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCALES; MOLECULAR CLONING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; METHANOCOCCALES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; RIBOFLAVIN; SULFIDES; SULFITES; SULFUR;

EID: 44949099569     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00098-08     Document Type: Article

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