Anaerobic acquisition of [4Fe 4S] clusters by the inactive FNR(C20S) variant and restoration of activity by second-site amino acid substitutions

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1199-1211

  Ralph, E T ^a   Scott, C ^a   Jordan, P A ^b   Thomson, A J ^b   Guest, J R ^a   Green, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYSTEINE; IRON; PROTEIN FNR; RNA POLYMERASE; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035103274     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02326.x     Document Type: Article

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