Genetic analysis of the Hox hydrogenase in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 reveals subunit roles in association, assembly, maturation, and function

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 52, 2012, Pages 43502-43515

  Eckert, Carrie ^a   Boehm, Marko ^a,b   Carrieri, Damian ^a   Yu, Jianping ^a   Dubini, Alexandra ^a   Nixon, Peter J ^b   Maness, Pin Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

[NIFE]-HYDROGENASE; CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS; DIAPHORASE; FUNCTIONAL MOIETIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH CONDITIONS; HOX GENE; HYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; HYDROGENASES; METALLOENZYMES; MULTISUBUNIT; MUTANT PHENOTYPE; NAD(P)H; PARENTAL STRAINS; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; REDUCTANTS; RESPIRATORY COMPLEX; SUBCOMPLEXES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY;

ELECTRON TUBES;

HOX HYDROGENASE; HOXE PROTEIN; HOXF PROTEIN; HOXH PROTEIN; HOXU PROTEIN; HOXY PROTEIN; HYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; HYDROGENASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 84871543231     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.392407     Document Type: Article

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