The N-terminal region of the heme-regulated elF2α kinase is an autonomous heme binding domain

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 498-506

  Uma, Sheri ^a   Matts, Robert L ^a   Guo, Yanwen ^a   White, Steven ^a   Chen, Jane Jane ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globin fold; Heme binding domain; Heme regulated elF2 kinase; Molecular model

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLOBIN; HEME; INITIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; EIF-2 KINASE; HEME; HISTIDINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0033957156     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01021.x     Document Type: Article

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