KefF, the regulatory subunit of the potassium efflux system KefC, shows quinone oxidoreductase activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4925-4932

  Lyngberg, Lisbeth ^a   Healy, Jessica ^a,b   Bartlett, Wendy ^a   Miller, Samantha ^a   Conway, Stuart J ^b   Booth, Ian R ^a   Rasmussen, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIMETHOXY 5 METHYL 4 BENZOQUINONE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZOQUINONE; DUROQUINONE; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; FERRICYANIDE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; GLUTATHIONE; KEFC PROTEIN; KEFF PROTEIN; MENADIONE; METHYLBENZOQUINONE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROPHILICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PH; POTASSIUM EFFLUX SYSTEM; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON TRANSPORT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BENZOQUINONES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRICYANIDES; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NAD; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); NADP; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 80052519006     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05272-11     Document Type: Article

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