Methanoferrodoxin represents a new class of superoxide reductase containing an iron-sulfur cluster

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 442-451

  Krätzer, Christian ^a   Welte, Cornelia ^a   Dörner, Katerina ^b   Friedrich, Thorsten ^b   Deppenmeier, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

detoxification; iron sulfur protein; methanogenic archaea; oxygen radicals; superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; FERREDOXIN; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; METHANOFERRODOXIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RUBREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FERREDOXINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; METHANOSARCINA; NADP; OXIDOREDUCTASES;

ARCHAEA; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI;

EID: 78751671220     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07964.x     Document Type: Article

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