Enzymatic activity of the alternative complex III as a menaquinol:auracyanin oxidoreductase in the electron transfer chain of Chloroflexus aurantiacus

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 3275-3279

  Gao, Xinliu ^a,b   Xin, Yueyong ^a,b   Blankenship, Robert E ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative complex III; Auracyanin; Chloroflexus aurantiacus; Electron transfer; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AURACYANIN; COPPER PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MENAQUINONE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHLOROFLEXUS; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROFLEXUS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX III; METALLOPROTEINS; QUINONE REDUCTASES; VITAMIN K 2;

CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; PHOTOBACTERIA;

EID: 70349451541     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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