The chlorite dismutase (HemQ) from Staphylococcus aureus has a redox-sensitive heme and is associated with the small colony variant phenotype

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 23488-23504

  Mayfield, Jeffrey A ^a   Hammer, Neal D ^b   Kurker, Richard C ^a   Chen, Thomas K ^c,d   Ojha, Sunil ^c   Skaar, Eric P ^b   DuBois, Jennifer L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISMUTASE; GRAM-POSITIVE ORGANISMS; HEME BIOSYNTHESIS; REDOX SENSITIVES; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS;

PORPHYRINS;

CHLORITE DISMUTASE; COPROPORPHYRIN; HEME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PERACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE PRODUCT; GENE SILENCING; HEME SYNTHESIS; HEMQ GENE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; REDOX STRESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA; CHLORITE DISMUTASE; HEME; PEROXIDASE; REDOX REGULATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPEROXIDE ION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COPROPORPHYRINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; HEME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84881403895     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.442335     Document Type: Article

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