Solution structure of an artificial Fe8S8 ferredoxin: The D13C variant of Bacillus schlegelii Fe7S8 ferredoxin

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 502-514

  Aono, Shigetoshi ^a   Bentrop, Detlef ^b   Bertini, Ivano ^b   Cosenza, Grazia ^b   Luchinat, Claudio ^b  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ferredoxin; Mutant; NMR; Solution structure; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; FERREDOXIN; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FERREDOXINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

BACILLUS SCHLEGELII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032402843     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2580502.x     Document Type: Article

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