Mechanism of hydrogen activation by [NiFe] hydrogenases

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 46-50

  Evans, Rhiannon M ^a   Brooke, Emily J ^a   Wehlin, Sara A M ^a   Nomerotskaia, Elena ^a   Sargent, Frank ^b   Carr, Stephen B ^c   Phillips, Simon E V ^c   Armstrong, Fraser A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; ENZYME VARIANT; GUANIDINE; HYDROGEN; LYSINE; NICKEL IRON HYDROGENASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HYDROGENASE; HYDROGENASE 1, E COLI; IRON; NICKEL;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ASPARAGINE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GUANIDINE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; IRON; LYSINE; MUTATION; NICKEL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84951567017     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1976     Document Type: Article

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