Oxidation of tetrathionate in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Drábková,  Lenka; Janiczek,  Oldřich; Davidová, Ivana; Mandl,  Martin

Oxidation of tetrathionate in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

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Authors	DRÁBKOVÁ Lenka JANICZEK Oldřich DAVIDOVÁ Ivana MANDL Martin
Year of publication	2002
Type	Article in Proceedings
Conference	Zborník, XVIII. biochemický zjazd
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
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Field	Industrial chemistry, chemical engineering
Keywords	tetrathionate oxidation; sulfur-oxidizing bacteria
Description	Characterization of tetrathionate hydrolase was desribed with relation to pH and temperature of the reaction. Sulfate ions strongly influenced the enzyme activity and stabilty. The molecular mass was 105 kDa. The dimer was composed from identical subunits.
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