... effects of a combination of key residues Further analysis of these and other mutant SODs is currently underway ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We are indebted to G Peplow, F Yamakura and T Matsumoto for the analyses ... D., Hiraoka, B .Y. , Nakayama, K., Fujimura, T., Taka, H & Murayama, K (1998) Inactivation and destruction of conserved Trp159 of Fesuperoxide dismutase from Porphyromonas gingivalis by hydrogen ... result was the extremely high thermostability of Mn[G77Q] and the very low thermostability of Fe [A1 41Q] (Fig 5) Each of these mutants has two glutamine residues in their active sites; one from the...