CO sniffing through heme-based sensor proteins

IUBMB Life

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 309-315

  Ascenzi, Paolo ^a,b   Bocedi, Alessio ^a,b,c   Leoni, Livia ^a   Visca, Paolo ^a,b   Zennaro, Elisabetta ^a   Milani, Mario ^d   Bolognesi, Martino ^e,f  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CO sensing; CO signal transduction; CooA; NPAS2

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COOA PROTEIN; NEURONAL PAS DOMAIN PROTEIN 2; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; SENSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON MONOXIDE SENSOR; DENITRIFICATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; MAMMAL; METHANOGENESIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME; HEMEPROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 7044226454     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10258140412331286937     Document Type: Review

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