Structure and flexibility in cold-adapted iron superoxide dismutases: The case of the enzyme isolated from Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-352

  Merlino, Antonello ^a,b   Krauss, Irene Russo ^a   Castellano, Immacolata ^a   Vendittis, Emmanuele De ^a   Rossi, Bianca ^a   Conte, Maria ^a   Vergara, Alessandro ^a,b   Sica, Filomena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cold adapted enzymes; Crystal structure; Dynamics; Psychrophilic proteins; Superoxide dismutase; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROGEN; IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; MONOMER; SODIUM AZIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS HALOPLANKTIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY; VIBRIO SALMONICIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS HALOPLANKTIS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 77958176737     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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