Substrate specificity of three cytochrome c haem lyase isoenzymes from Wolinella succinogenes: Unconventional haem c binding motifs are not sufficient for haem c attachment by NrfI and CcsA1

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-137

  Kern, Melanie ^a,b   Eisel, Florian ^b,d   Scheithauer, Juliane ^a,b   Kranz, Robert G ^c   Simon, Jörg ^a,b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C HAEM LYASE; LYASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN CCDA2; PROTEIN CCSA1; PROTEIN CCSA2; PROTEIN NRFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEME; ISOENZYMES; LYASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; WOLINELLA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WOLINELLA SUCCINOGENES;

EID: 72949085747     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06965.x     Document Type: Article

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