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Literature summary for 1.15.1.2 extracted from

  • Lombard, M.; Fontecave, M.; Touati, D.; Niviere, V.
    Reaction of the desulfoferrodoxin from Desulfoarculus baarsii with superoxide anion. Evidence for a superoxide reductase activity (2000), J. Biol. Chem., 275, 115-121.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
expression in Escherichia coli Desulfarculus baarsii

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Fe2+/Fe3+ 1.97 iron atoms/subunit, enzyme contains two Fe-centers: center I contains a mononuclear ferric iron coordinated by four cysteines in distorted rubredoxin-type center, center II has a ferrous iron with square pyramidal coordination to four nitrogens from histidines as equatorial ligands and one sulfur from a cysteine as the axial ligand, the reduced form of center II can transfer 1 electron to superoxid anion very efficiently Desulfarculus baarsii

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
14028
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2 * 14028, ES-MS Desulfarculus baarsii
27000
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gel filtration Desulfarculus baarsii

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Desulfarculus baarsii
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Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
recombinant enzyme, gel filtration, anion exchange Desulfarculus baarsii

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
reduced cytochrome c + superoxide + H+ enzyme shows only very weak superoxide dismutase activity Desulfarculus baarsii cytochrome c + H2O2
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Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
dimer 2 * 14028, ES-MS Desulfarculus baarsii

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
desulfoferrodoxin
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Desulfarculus baarsii