Bacillus anthracis thioredoxin systems, characterization and role as electron donors for ribonucleotide reductase

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 39686-39697

  Gustafsson, Tomas N ^a   Sahlin, Margareta ^b   Lu, Jun ^a   Sjöberg, Britt Marie ^b   Holmgren, Arne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; CAUSATIVE AGENTS; DISULFIDE REDUCTASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; ELECTRON DONORS; GLUTATHIONES; MONOTHIOL; MORTALITY RATE; NITROBENZOIC ACIDS; REDUCTANTS; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; THIOREDOXINS; WESTERN BLOTS;

BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CLONING; ENZYMES; MANGANESE;

PROTEINS;

5,5' DITHIOBIS(2 NITROBENZOIC ACID); DISULFIDE REDUCTASE; DITHIOTHREITOL; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; GLUTAREDOXIN; MANGANESE RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE TYPE IB; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; THIOREDOXIN; THIOREDOXIN 1; THIOREDOXIN 2; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTRONS; NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE 1; THIOREDOXINS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 84869211845     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.413427     Document Type: Article

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