Studies on the mechanism of electron bifurcation catalyzed by electron transferring flavoprotein (Etf) and butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase (Bcd) of acidaminococcus fermentans

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5145-5157

  Chowdhury, Nilanjan Pal ^a,b   Mowafy, Amr M ^a,b,c,e   Demmer, Julius K ^b,d   Upadhyay, Vikrant ^d,f   Koelzer, Sebastian ^a   Jayamani, Elamparithi ^a,b   Kahnt, Joerg ^b   Hornung, Marco ^a,b   Demmer, Ulrike ^d   Ermler, Ulrich ^d   Buckel, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

ANAEROBIC MICROORGANISMS; BIFURCATING SYSTEMS; BIFURCATION PROCESS; BUTYRYL-COA; ELECTRON-TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; SPECTRAL DATA;

ELECTRONS;

BUTYRYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; ELECTRON TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ACIDAMINOCOCCUS FERMENTANS; ACIDIFICATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FREEZE DRYING; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOENERGETICS/ELECTRON TRANSFER COMPLEX; COENZYME A; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME MECHANISMS;

ACIDAMINOCOCCUS; BIOCATALYSIS; BUTYRYL-COA DEHYDROGENASE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRON-TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEINS; ELECTRONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FERREDOXINS; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLAVINS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 84893192215     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.521013     Document Type: Article

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