Identification of the proton channel to the active site type 2 Cu center of nitrite reductase: Structural and enzymatic properties of the His254Phe and Asn90Ser mutants

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 51, 2008, Pages 13547-13553

  Hough, Michael A ^a   Eady, Robert R ^b   Hasnain, S Samar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITES; BONDING NETWORKS; CATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; CATALYTIC SITES; COPPER NITRITE REDUCTASES; ENZYMATIC PROPERTIES; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PH VALUES; PROTON CHANNELS; REDOX ENZYMES; SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES; STRUCTURAL DATUMS;

ATOMS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COPPER; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; PH; PH EFFECTS; PROTONS; ZINC;

PROTON TRANSFER;

AMINO ACID; COPPER; NITRITE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECTROSCOPY;

ASPARAGINE; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; COPPER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MUTATION; NITRITE REDUCTASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 58149171908     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi801369y     Document Type: Article

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