Haemoglobins of Mycobacteria: Structural features and biological functions

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-194

  Davidge, Kelly S ^a   Dikshit, Kanak L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Flavohaemoglobins; Mycobacterium; Nitric oxide scavenging; Oxidative stress; Oxygen binding; Redox reactions; Truncated haemoglobins

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CELL METABOLISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOMICS; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INDICUS PRANII; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MASSILIENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WILD TYPE;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

FLAVOHAEMOGLOBINS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NITRIC OXIDE SCAVENGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN BINDING; REDOX REACTIONS; TRUNCATED HAEMOGLOBINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HEMEPROTEINS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYCOBACTERIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TRUNCATED HEMOGLOBINS;

EID: 84884188211     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407693-8.00005-4     Document Type: Chapter

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