Regulation of FMN subdomain interactions and function in neuronal nitric oxide synthase

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 3864-3876

  Ilagan, Robielyn P ^a   Tejero, Jesús ^a   Aulak, Kulwant S ^a   Ray, Sougata Sinha ^a   Hemann, Craig ^b   Wang, Zhi Qiang ^c   Gangoda, Mahinda ^c   Zweier, Jay L ^b   Stuehr, Dennis J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUND STATE; CATALYTIC BEHAVIOR; CITRULLINE; CONFORMATIONAL EQUILIBRIUM; CONFORMATIONAL STATE; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; L-ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASES; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGENASE; REDOX STATE; SET-POINT; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE; STOPPED FLOW; SUBDOMAIN; UNBOUND STATE;

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSTS; ELECTRONS; ENZYMES; NITRIC OXIDE; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM; PORPHYRINS;

CAMS;

CALMODULIN; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTENTIOMETRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 66149139413     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi8021087     Document Type: Article

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