Archaeal tetrathionate hydrolase goes viral: Secretion of a sulfur metabolism enzyme in the form of virus-like particles

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5463-5465

  Krupovic, Mart ^a   Peixeiro, Nuno ^a   Bettstetter, Marcus ^b   Rachel, Reinhard ^c   Prangishvili, David ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Molekularpathologie Südbayern   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL; CELLULAR ENZYMES; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC; TETRATHIONATE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES;

HYDROLASES; METABOLISM; SULFUR; VIRUSES;

PHYSIOLOGY;

HYDROLASE; MITOMYCIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; TETRATHIONATE HYDROLASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; METABOLISM; SECRETION; SULFUR; VIRUS;

ACIDIANUS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACIDIANUS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROLASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOMYCIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ACIDIANUS; ARCHAEA;

EID: 84866172198     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01186-12     Document Type: Article

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