High-Resolution Structural Analysis of a Novel Octaheme Cytochrome c Nitrite Reductase from the Haloalkaliphilic Bacterium Thioalkalivibrio nitratireducens

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 389, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 846-862

  Polyakov, Konstantin M ^a,b   Boyko, Konstantin M ^a   Tikhonova, Tamara V ^a   Slutsky, Alvira ^a   Antipov, Alexey N ^a   Zvyagilskaya, Renata A ^a   Popov, Alexandre N ^c   Bourenkov, Gleb P ^c   Lamzin, Victor S ^c   Popov, Vladimir O ^a  

^a BACH INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D structure; cytochrome c nitrite reductase; electron transport; multiheme protein; Thiolkalivibrio nitratireducens

Indexed keywords

APOENZYME; ARGININE; CALCIUM ION; CYSTEINE; HEMOPROTEIN; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OCTAHEME CYTOCHROME C NITRITE REDUCTASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CALCIUM BINDING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HALOALKALOPHILE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THIOALKALIVIBRIO NITRATIREDUCENS;

EID: 67349181685     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.037     Document Type: Article

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