Still a puzzle: Why is haem covalently attached in c-type cytochromes?

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

  Barker, Paul D ^a   Ferguson, Stuart J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

BINDING SITE; COVALENT BOND; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTION; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033573140     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)88334-3     Document Type: Review

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