Mechanistic insights into Escherichia coli alkyl hydroperoxide reductase complex formation

• Main Author: Nartey, Wilson
• Other Authors: Gerhard Gruber
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69869
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Oxidative stress, an imbalance between the amount of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and antioxidant defences, is detrimental to the survival of both benign and pathogenic bacteria [1]. To keep ROS in balance bacteria have evolved various antioxidant enzymes, among them the alkyl hydroperoxide reducta...