SoxAX binding protein, a novel component of the thiosulfate-oxidizing multienzyme system in the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6097-6110

  Ogawa, Takuro ^a,b   Furusawa, Toshinari ^a,b   Nomura, Ryohei ^b   Seo, Daisuke ^c   Hosoya Matsuda, Naomi ^b   Sakurai, Hidehiro ^b,d   Inoue, Kazuhito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SOXA PROTEIN; SOXAX BINDING PROTEIN; SOXX PROTEIN; SOXYZ PROTEIN; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROBIUM TEPIDUM; CHROMATIACEAE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROGENOPHILACEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANOSPIRILLACEAE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROBIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THIOSULFATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHROMATIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGENOPHILACEAE; OCEANOSPIRILLACEAE;

EID: 51549102998     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00634-08     Document Type: Article

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