Structure prediction and fold recognition for the ferrochelatase family of proteins

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 517-522

  Hansson, M ^a   Gough, S P ^a   Brody, S S ^a,b  

^a CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

barrel; Bacillus subtilis; ferrochelatase; hemH; protein structure prediction

Indexed keywords

FERROCHELATASE; IRON; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERROCHELATASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030920605     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199704)27:4<517::AID-PROT5>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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