Enzymatic properties of the ferredoxin-dependent nitrite reductase from chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Evidence for hydroxylamine as a late intermediate in ammonia production

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 67-77

  Hirasawa, Masakazu ^a   Tripathy, Jatindra N ^a   Sommer, Frederik ^b,e   Somasundaram, Ramasamy ^c   Chung, Jung Sung ^a   Nestander, Matthew ^a   Kruthiventi, Mahima ^a   Zabet Moghaddam, Masoud ^a   Johnson, Michael K ^c   Merchant, Sabeeha S ^b   Allen, James P ^d   Knaff, David B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferredoxin; Hydroxylamine reduction; NII1; Nitrite reductase; PETF; Tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FERREDOXIN; FERREDOXIN NITRITE REDUCTASE; HYDROXYLAMINE; NITRITE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SPINACH;

AMMONIA; BIOCATALYSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FERREDOXIN-NITRITE REDUCTASE; FERREDOXINS; HYDROXYLAMINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITRITES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 76149098783     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-009-9512-5     Document Type: Article

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