Structural insights into the function of a thermostable copper-containing nitrite reductase

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 123-135

  Fukuda, Yohta ^a   Tse, Ka Man ^a   Lintuluoto, Masami ^b   Fukunishi, Yoshifumi ^c   Mizohata, Eiichi ^a   Matsumura, Hiroyoshi ^a   Takami, Hideto ^d   Nojiri, Masaki ^a,e   Inoue, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e RIKEN SPring 8 Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copper; Enzyme; Metallo; Metals; Methods; Oxidation Reduction; Thermostable enzyme; X ray Crystallography

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; COPPER; COPPER CONTAINING NITRITE REDUCTASE; FORMIC ACID; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PROTON; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEOBACILLUS THERMODENITRIFICANS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; WILD TYPE;

COPPER; ENZYME; METALLO; METALS; METHODS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; THERMOSTABLE ENZYME; X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME STABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRITE REDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84893249131     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt107     Document Type: Article

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