Crystal structure of Δ9 stearoyl-acyl carrier protein desaturase from castor seed and its relationship to other di-iron proteins

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4081-4092

  Lindqvist, Ylva ^a   Huang, Weijun ^a   Schneider, Gunter ^a   Shanklin, John ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Di iron centre; Electron transfer; Fatty acid biosynthesis; Protein crystallography

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CASTOR OIL; METALLOPROTEIN; ACYL (ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN)DESATURASE; ACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN)DESATURASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DELTA 9 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-9 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; IRON; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; OXYGENASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CASTOR BEAN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; IRON; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGENASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0029737878     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00783.x     Document Type: Article

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