PqqE from Methylobacterium extorquens AM1: A radical S-adenosyl-L-methionine enzyme with an unusual tolerance to oxygen

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 87-99

  Saichana, Natsaran ^a   Tanizawa, Katsuyuki ^a   Pechoušek, Jiří ^a   Novák, Petr ^a   Yakushi, Toshiharu ^b   Toyama, Hirohide ^c   Frébortová, Jitka ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methylobacterium extorquens AM1; PQQ; PqqE; radical SAM enzyme

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PQQE PROTEIN, METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; METHYLOTROPH; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PQQ COFACTOR; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROSCOPY, MOSSBAUER;

EID: 84964871897     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvv073     Document Type: Article

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