A flavodoxin that is required for enzyme activation: The structure of oxidized flavodoxin from Escherichia coli at 1.8 Å resolution

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2525-2537

  Hoover, David M ^a   Ludwig, Martha L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryocrystallography; Electron transfer; Escherichia coli; Flavodoxin; Reductive activation; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

FLAVODOXIN; LYASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESULFOVIBRIO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANABAENA; ANACYSTIS; ANACYSTIS NIDULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 7942;

EID: 0031454750     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560061205     Document Type: Article

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