Small structural changes account for the high thermostability of 1[4Fe- 4S] ferredoxin from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1291-1301

  Macedo Ribeiro, Sandra ^a   Darimont, Beatrice ^b,c   Sterner, Reinhard ^b   Huber, Robert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

crystal structure; hydrogen bonds; iron sulfur protein; thermostability; turns

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0030589056     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00137-2     Document Type: Article

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