Was nitric oxide the first deep electron sink?

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Ducluzeau, Anne Lise ^a   van Lis, Robert ^a   Duval, Simon ^a   Schoepp Cothenet, Barbara ^a   Russell, Michael J ^b   Nitschke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC RESPIRATION CONTROL PROTEIN A; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; OXYGEN; TYROSINE;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOENERGY; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCHAEA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYTOCHROMES B; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; ELECTRONS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE;

EID: 58149305974     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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