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ArticleThe Biochemical journal2009

Physarum nitric oxide synthases: genomic structures and enzymology of recombinant proteins.

Simon Messner, Stephan Leitner, Christian Bommassar, Georg Golderer, Peter Gröbner, Ernst R Werner, Gabriele Werner-Felmayer

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Simon MessnerDivision of Biological Chemistry, Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, Fritz-Pregl-Strasse 3/VI, Innsbruck, Austria.
Stephan Leitner
Christian Bommassar
Georg Golderer
Peter Gröbner
Ernst R Werner
Gabriele Werner-Felmayer
Innsbruck Medical University · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physarum polycephalum expresses two closely related, calcium-independent NOSs (nitric oxide synthases). In our previous work, we showed that both NOSs are induced during starvation and apparently play a functional role in sporulation. In the present study, we characterized the genomic structures of both Physarum NOSs, expressed both enzymes recombinantly in bacteria and characterized their biochemical properties. Whereas the overall genomic organization of Physarum NOS genes is comparable with various animal NOSs, none of the exon-intron boundaries are conserved. Recombinant expression of clones with various N-termini identified N-terminal amino acids essential for enzyme activity, but not required for haem binding or dimerization, and suggests the usage of non-AUG start codons for Physarum NOSs. Biochemical characterization of the two Physarum isoenzymes revealed different affinities for L-arginine, FMN and 6R-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-L-biopterin.

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AnimalsArginineBase SequenceBiopterinsFlavin MononucleotideIsoenzymesMolecular Sequence DataNitric Oxide SynthasePhysarum polycephalumRNA, MessengerArginineBiopterinsFlavin MononucleotideIsoenzymesNitric Oxide SynthaseRNA, Messengersapropterin

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PMID19046139
PMCPMC2677215
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