Crystal structure of the iron-dependent regulator (IdeR) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis shows both metal binding sites fully occupied

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1145-1156

  Pohl, Ehmke ^c   Holmes, Randall K ^b   Hol, Wim G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Crystal structure; DtxR; IdeR; Iron dependent regulator; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; ZINC;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; METAL BINDING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POSIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0001590980     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2339     Document Type: Article

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