Intramolecular electron transfer in sulfite-oxidizing enzymes: Elucidating the role of a conserved active site arginine

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2156-2163

  Emesh, Safia ^a   Rapson, Trevor D ^b   Rajapakshe, Asha ^a   Kappler, Ulrike ^b   Bernhardt, Paul V ^b   Tollin, Gordon ^a   Enemark, John H ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITES; IDEAL SYSTEMS; INTER DOMAINS; INTRAMOLECULAR ELECTRON TRANSFERS; LASER FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; MECHANISTIC PATHWAYS; MOLYBDENUM-COFACTOR; OXYGEN LIGANDS; POSITIVE CHARGES; POSITIVELY CHARGED; RESIDUE FUNCTIONS; SULFITE OXIDASE; WILD TYPES;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENZYMES; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLYBDENUM; OXYGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; PORPHYRINS;

RATE CONSTANTS;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; HEME; LIGAND; MOLYBDENUM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SULFATE; SULFITE; SULFITE DEHYDROGENASE; SULFITE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; BACTERIUM; COMPREHENSION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; LASER; MOLECULE; MUTANT; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; VISCOSITY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGININE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LASERS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON SULFUR GROUP DONORS; PHOTOLYSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 64349119565     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi801553q     Document Type: Article

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