Insights into protein adaptation to a saturated salt environment from the crystal structure of a halophilic 2Fe-2S ferredoxin

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 452-458

  Frolow, Felix ^a   Harel, Michal ^a   Sussman, Joel L ^a,b   Mevarech, Moshe ^c   Shoham, Menachem ^d  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERREDOXIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FERREDOXINS; HALOBACTERIACEAE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI;

EID: 0030010138     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0596-452     Document Type: Review

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