Characterization of cytochrome 579, an unusual cytochrome isolated from an iron-oxidizing microbial community

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4454-4462

  Singer, Steven W ^a   Chan, Clara S ^b,d   Zemla, Adam ^a   VerBerkmoes, Nathan C ^c   Hwang, Mona ^a   Hettich, Robert L ^c   Banfield, Julian F ^b   Thelen, Michael P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SPECTRAL SIGNATURES;

IRON;

CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME 579; FERROUS ION;

AMINO ACID; BIOFILM; CYTOCHROME; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTRON; GEL; GENOMICS; HOMOLOGY; IRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; PROTEIN; SULFURIC ACID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CHROMATOFOCUSING; CYTOPLASM; ECOSYSTEM; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CYTOCHROMES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IRON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MINING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 47749144837     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02799-07     Document Type: Article

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