Structural features correlated with the extreme thermostability of 1[4Fe-4S] ferredoxin from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 331-336

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Hydrogen bonds; Hyperthermophiles; Iron sulfur; Turns

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERREDOXIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FERREDOXINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; HEAT; HYDROGEN BONDING; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SULFUR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0030992315     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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