Crystal structure of reduced protein R2 of ribonucleotide reductase: The structural basis for oxygen activation at a dinuclear iron site

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1053-1064

  Logan, Derek T ^a   Su, Xiao Dong ^a,d   Åberg, Anders ^a,e   Regnström, Karin ^a   Hajdu, Janos ^b,f   Eklund, Hans ^c   Nordlund, Pär ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dinuclear iron centre; dioxygen activation; methane monooxygenase; ribonucleotide reductase; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030587599     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00112-8     Document Type: Article

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