Synthesis of nitric oxide by the NOS-like protein from Deinococcus radiodurans: A direct role for tetrahydrofolate

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5483-5491

  Reece, Steven Y ^b   Woodward, Joshua J ^a   Marletta, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COFACTOR; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; GENES ENCODING; L-ARGININE; NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS GENE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OXYGENASE; REDOX-ACTIVE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPIC DATA; STOPPED FLOW; SUBSTRATE ARGININE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TETRAHYDROFOLATE;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MACHINERY; MAMMALS; NITRIC OXIDE; PORPHYRINS; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE LIKE PROTEIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DEINOCOCCUS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KINETICS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67049146503     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi900385g     Document Type: Article

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