Metabolic adaptations in a H2 producing heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium: Potentials and implications for biological engineering

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1772-1784

  Ekman, Martin ^a   Ow, Saw Yen ^b   Holmqvist, Marie ^a   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Van Wagenen, Jon ^a   Wright, Phillip C ^b   Stensjö, Karin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biotechnology; dinitrogen fixation; heterocysts; iTRAQ; NHM5; nitrogenase; Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133; shotgun proteomics; uptake hydrogenase mutant

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OXYGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOSTOC; PHYSIOLOGY;

NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME PCC 73102;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOENGINEERING; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYANOBACTERIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; HYDROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; NOSTOC; PROTEOMICS;

EID: 79953720887     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr101055v     Document Type: Article

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