Crystal structure of the first dissimilatory nitrate reductase at 1.9 Å solved by MAD methods

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-79

  Dias, João M ^a   Than, Manuel E ^b   Humm, Andreas ^b   Huber, Robert ^b   Bourenkov, Gleb P ^c   Bartunik, Hans D ^c   Bursakov, Sergey ^a,d   Calvete, Juan ^e   Caldeira, Jorge ^a,f   Carneiro, Caria ^a   Moura, José J G ^a   Moura, Isabel ^a   Romão, Maria J ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK UNIT FOR STRUCTURAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d BACH INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^e Inst fur Reproduktionsmedizin   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Dissimilatory nitrate reductase; Molybdopterin cofactor; Multiwavelength anomalous diffraction; 4Fe 4S cluster

Indexed keywords

BIS MOLYBDOPTERIN GUANINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLYBDENUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0003123613     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80010-0     Document Type: Article

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