Conformational variability in structures of the nitrogenase iron proteins from Azotobacter vinelandii and Clostridium pasteurianum

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 669-685

  Schlessman, Jamie L ^a,d   Woo, Deborah ^a,e   Joshua Tor, Leemor ^a,f   Howard, James B ^b   Rees, Douglas C ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NeXstar Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^f Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Iron sulfur proteins; Macromolecular structure; Metalloproteins; Nitrogen fixation; Nucleotide binding proteins

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PASTEURIANUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032563298     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1898     Document Type: Article

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