A novel variant of ferredoxin-dependent sulfite reductase having preferred substrate specificity for nitrite in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 423, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-98

  Sekine, Kohsuke ^a   Sakakibara, Yukiko ^b   Hase, Toshiharu ^b   Sato, Naoki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanidioschyzon merolae; Ferredoxin; Hot spring red alga; Nitrite reductase (NiR); Substrate specificity; Sulfite reductase(SiR)

Indexed keywords

CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; FERREDOXIN; HOT-SPRING RED ALGA; NITRITE REDUCTASE (NIR); SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFITE REDUCTASE(SIR);

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; GENES; HOT SPRINGS; NITRATES; SUBSTRATES;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

NITRATE; NITRITE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SULFITE; SULFITE REDUCTASE (FERREDOXIN); SULFITE REDUCTASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISOENZYME; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL LEVEL; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; RHODOPHYTA;

ALGAE, RED; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ISOENZYMES; KINETICS; NADP; NITRITES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFITE REDUCTASE (FERREDOXIN); SULFITES;

EID: 70349768785     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090581     Document Type: Article

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