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SUBMITTER: Taha TM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2576702 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Taha Taher M TM Kanao Tadayoshi T Takeuchi Fumiaki F Sugio Tsuyoshi T
Applied and environmental microbiology 20080912 21
The iron oxidation system from sulfur-grown Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 cells was reconstituted in vitro. Purified rusticyanin, cytochrome c, and aa(3)-type cytochrome oxidase were essential for reconstitution. The iron-oxidizing activity of the reconstituted system was 3.3-fold higher than that of the cell extract from which these components were purified. ...[more]