Ferrochelatase at the millennium: Structures, mechanisms and [2Fe-2S] clusters

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 13-14, 2000, Pages 1909-1926

  Dailey, H A ^a   Dailey, T A ^a   Wu, C K ^a   Medlock, A E ^a   Rose, J P ^a   Wang, K F ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ferrochelatase; Heme synthesis; Iron sulfur cluster; Metallation; Porphyria

Indexed keywords

DNA; FERROCHELATASE; FERROUS ION; HEME; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HEME SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034486335     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000672     Document Type: Review

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