Purification and characterization of active-site components of the putative p-cresol methylhydroxylase membrane complex from Geobacter metallireducens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6493-6500

  Johannes, Jörg ^a,c   Bluschke, Alexander ^a   Jehmlich, Nico ^b   Von Bergen, Martin ^b   Boll, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 CRESOL METHYLHYDROXYLASE; 4 HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME C; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; HEME; ISOENZYME; PARA CRESOL; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CATALYSIS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; COVALENT BOND; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; HYDROXYLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZALDEHYDES; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CRESOLS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEINS; GEOBACTER; HEME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS;

EID: 52649087800     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00790-08     Document Type: Article

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