Ferritins, iron uptake and storage from the bacterioferritin viewpoint

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1959-1968

  Carrondo, Maria Arménia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacterioferritins; Ferroxidase activity; Iron storage; Native di iron centres; Specific iron channel

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOFERRITIN; CERULOPLASMIN; FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; HEME; ION CHANNEL; IRON; OXYGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RADICAL; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; CALCULATION; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESULFOVIBRIO; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; LISTERIA INNOCUA; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; ELECTROSTATICS; FERRITINS; IRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA INNOCUA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0038219647     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg215     Document Type: Review

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