Tellurite-mediated disabling of [4Fe-4S] clusters of Escherichia coli dehydratases

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1840-1846

  Calderón, Iván L ^a,b   Elías, Alex O ^a   Fuentes, Eugenia L ^a   Pradenas, Gonzalo A ^a   Castro, Miguel E ^a   Arenas, Felipe A ^a   Pérez, José M ^a   Vásquez, Claudio C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,2' BIPYRIDINE; ACONITATE HYDRATASE; FERROUS ION; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TELLURIUM; FUMARASE C; HYDROLYASE; ISOMERASE; OXALOACETATE TAUTOMERASE; SUPEROXIDE; TELLUROUS ACID;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; IRON KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICITY TESTING; AEROBIC METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; SPECTROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; HYDRO-LYASES; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SUPEROXIDES; TELLURIUM;

EID: 67650711065     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.026260-0     Document Type: Article

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