Purification and kinetic characterization of recombinant alternative oxidase from Trypanosoma brucei brucei

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1797, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-450

  Kido, Yasutoshi ^a   Sakamoto, Kimitoshi ^a   Nakamura, Kosuke ^a   Harada, Michiyo ^a   Suzuki, Takashi ^b   Yabu, Yoshisada ^b   Saimoto, Hiroyuki ^c   Yamakura, Fumiyuki ^d   Ohmori, Daijiro ^d   Moore, Anthony ^e   Harada, Shigeharu ^f   Kita, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^f KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Ascofuranone; Chemotherapy; Membrane bound diiron protein; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

ASCOFURANONE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IRON; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UBIQUINOL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASS SPECTROMETER; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SESQUITERPENES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; UBIQUINONE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 76849114895     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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