Inter-flavin electron transfer in cytochrome P450 reductase - Effects of solvent and pH identify hidden complexity in mechanism

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 4540-4557

  Brenner, Sibylle ^a   Hay, Sam ^a   Munro, Andrew W ^a   Scrutton, Nigel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(solvent) kinetic isotope effect; Electron transfer; pH dependence; Redox potentiometry; Stopped flow

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; ELECTRON TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SEMIQUINONE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMAN; KINETICS; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLAVINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NADP; NADPH-FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POTENTIOMETRY; SOLVENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 50849131901     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06597.x     Document Type: Article

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