Homologous expression of the nrdF gene of Corynebacterium ammoniagenes strain ATCC 6872 generates a manganese-metallocofactor (R2F) and a stable tyrosyl radical (Y.) involved in ribonucleotide reduction

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 4849-4862

  Stolle, Patrick ^a   Barckhausen, Olaf ^a,d   Oehlmann, Wulf ^a   Knobbe, Nadine ^a   Vogt, Carla ^a   Pierik, Antonio J ^b   Cox, Nicholas ^c   Schmidt, Peter P ^c   Reijerse, Edward J ^c   Lubitz, Wolfgang ^c   Auling, Georg ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^d THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium ammoniagenes; EPR; Homologous expression; Manganese tyrosyl; Metallocofactor; Ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROXYUREA; R2F PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMMONIAGENES; DNA SYNTHESIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CORYNEBACTERIUM AMMONIAGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78449276501     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07885.x     Document Type: Article

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