Mechanism of cysteine desulfurase Slr0387 from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803: Kinetic analysis of cleavage of the persulfide intermediate by chemical reductants

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 38, 2004, Pages 12220-12226

  Behshad, Elham ^a,b   Parkin, Sara E ^a   Bollinger Jr , J Martin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; SULFUR;

CYSTEINE DESULFURASES (CD); DITHIOTHREITOL (DOT);

ENZYMES;

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; REDUCING AGENT; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DESULFURIZATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MACROMOLECULE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS;

CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CATALYSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PHOSPHINES; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; REDUCING AGENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 4644301523     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi049143e     Document Type: Article

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