A soluble form of ammonia monooxygenase in Nitrosomonas europaea

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 390, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 863-873

  Gilch, Stefan ^a   Meyer, Ortwin ^a   Schmidt, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylene; Ammonia monooxygenase (AMO); AmoA; AmoB; Copper and iron enzyme; Cytochrome c1; N terminal signal sequence; Purification

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA MONOOXYGENASE; COPPER; CYTOCHROME C1; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN GAMMA CHAIN; HYDROXYLAMINE; ISOENZYME; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BETA CHAIN; CATALYSIS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETYLENE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOCHROMES C; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN BINDING; SOLUBILITY;

NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA;

EID: 70349448469     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2009.085     Document Type: Article

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