The structure of the active site H-cluster of [FeFe] hydrogenase from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii studied by X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5042-5049

  Stripp, Sven ^a   Sanganas, Oliver ^b   Happe, Thomas ^a   Haumann, Michael ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

[FEFE]HYDROGENASE; [FEFE]HYDROGENASES; ACTIVE SITE; ATOMIC LEVELS; BACTERIAL ENZYMES; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DATA; FE ATOMS; FE K-EDGE; GREEN ALGA; H-CLUSTER; HYDROGENASE; IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS; MINIMAL UNITS; OXIDATION STATE; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; PARTIAL DEGRADATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

ABSORPTION; ATOMS; BACTERIOLOGY; BOND LENGTH; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; ENZYMES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SULFUR; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN; IRON; IRON HYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATOM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GREEN ALGA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 66649106058     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi900010b     Document Type: Article

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