Heterotrimeric NADH-oxidizing methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase from the acetogenic bacterium Acetobacterium woodii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1681-1689

  Bertsch, Johannes ^a   Öppinger, Christian ^a   Hess, Verena ^a   Langer, Julian D ^b   Müller, Volker ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; FERREDOXIN; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PARAQUAT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; COENZYME; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACETOBACTERIUM; ACETOBACTERIUM WOODII; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REDUCTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ACETOBACTERIUM WOODII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACETOBACTERIUM; COENZYMES; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NAD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84928393116     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00048-15     Document Type: Article

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