Dissecting the functional role of key residues in triheme cytochrome PpcA: A path to rational design of G. Sulfurreducens strains with enhanced electron transfer capabilities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Morgado, Leonor ^a   Lourenço, Sílvia ^a   Londer, Yuri Y ^b,c   Schiffer, Marianne ^b   Raj Pokkuluri, P ^b   Salgueiro, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME PPCA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HEME; LYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C7;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PH; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOBACTER; HEME; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84908603539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105566     Document Type: Article

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