Reactivity studies of the tyrosyl radical in ribonucleotide reductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Arabidopsis thaliana comparison with Escherichia coli and mouse

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 485-490

  Elleingand, Eric ^a   Gerez, Catherine ^a   Un, Sun ^b   Knüpling, Moritz ^b,c   Lu, Guizlen ^d   Salem, Jerome ^d   Rubin, Harvey ^d   Sauge Merle, Sandrine ^a   Laulhère, Jean Pierre ^a   Fontecave, Marc ^a,e  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; EPR spectroscopy; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Radical scavengers; Ribonucleotide reductase; Tyrosyl radical

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DNA; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYUREA; IRON; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RESVERATROL; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; SCAVENGER; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; IRON; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TYROSINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; LETHRINIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 7844252286     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580485.x     Document Type: Article

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