Probing the effect of ionic strength on the functional robustness of the triheme cytochrome PpcA from Geobacter sulfurreducens: A contribution for optimizing biofuel cell's power density

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 12416-12425

  Dantas, Joana M ^a   Morgado, Leonor ^a   Marques, Ana C ^a   Salgueiro, Carlos A ^a  

^a Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECT OF IONIC STRENGTH; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; POWER DENSITIES;

CYTOCHROME; HEME;

BIOENERGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYMOLOGY; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CYTOCHROMES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; HEME; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84908565374     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507898x     Document Type: Article

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