Characterization of the nitric oxide reductase from Thermus thermophilus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 12613-12618

  Schurig Briccio, Lici A ^a   Venkatakrishnan, Padmaja ^a   Hemp, James ^a   Bricio, Carlos ^b   Berenguer, José ^b   Gennis, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Proton pathway; Thermophilic

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; ENZYME; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEME; LIGAND; NITRIC OXIDE REDUCTASE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; WILD TYPE;

PROTON PATHWAY; THERMOPHILIC;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM; HEME; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84881107168     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1301731110     Document Type: Article

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