Bacillus megaterium Has Both a Functional BluB Protein Required for DMB Synthesis and a Related Flavoprotein That Forms a Stable Radical Species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Collins, Hannah F ^a   Biedendieck, Rebekka ^b   Leech, Helen K ^a   Gray, Michael ^c   Escalante Semerena, Jorge C ^c   McLean, Kirsty J ^d   Munro, Andrew W ^d   Rigby, Stephen E J ^d   Warren, Martin J ^a   Lawrence, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4A PEROXYFLAVIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COBINAMIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BLUB; SCAVENGER; SEMIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLUB GENE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 84874006797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055708     Document Type: Article

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