A thioredoxin reductase-like protein from the thermophile, Thermus scotoductus SA-01, displaying iron reductase activity

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-188

  Bester, Phillip Armand ^a   Litthauer, Derek ^a   Piater, Lizelle A ^a   Van Heerden, Esta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ferric reductase; Thermophilic; Thermus scotoductus SA 01; Thioredoxin reductase

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; IRON REDUCTASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMUS SCOTODUCTUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FMN REDUCTASE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THERMUS; THIOREDOXIN-DISULFIDE REDUCTASE;

PROKARYOTA; THERMUS SCOTODUCTUS;

EID: 74049138332     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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