Crystallographic structures of bovine copper-zinc superoxide dismutase reveal asymmetry in two subunits: Functionally important three and five coordinate copper sites captured in the same crystal

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 579-592

  Hough, Michael A ^a   Hasnain, S Samar ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Enzyme mechanism; Protein crystallography; Selective disorder; Subunit asymmetry; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

BRIDGED COMPOUND; COPPER ION; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; IMIDAZOLE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; WATER; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATTLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME MECHANISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0033515433     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2610     Document Type: Article

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