Electron transport chains and bioenergetics of respiratory nitrogen metabolism in Wolinella succinogenes and other Epsilonproteobacteria

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1787, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 646-656

  Kern, Melanie ^a,b   Simon, Jörg ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c nitrite reductase Nrf; Cytochrome c nitrous oxide reductase cNos; Denitrification; Epsilonproteobacteria; Nitrosative stress defence; Periplasmic nitrate reductase Nap; Quinone quinol reactive electron transport module; Respiratory nitrate nitrite ammonification; Wolinella succinogenes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; PROTEIN NAPH; PROTEIN NRFH; PROTON; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIFICATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOENERGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMPYLOBACTER; DENITRIFICATION; DONOR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE CLUSTER; HELICOBACTER; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CYTOCHROMES A1; CYTOCHROMES C1; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PERIPLASM; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; WOLINELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; HELICOBACTER; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

EID: 66349117533     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.12.010     Document Type: Review

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