Crystal structures of deoxy and CO-bound bjFixLH reveal details of ligand recognition and signaling

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4627-4635

  Key, Jason ^a   Moffat, Keith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; IRON; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN; PROTEINS;

HEME; LIGANDS; PAS PROTEINS;

GENES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FIXLH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HEMEPROTEINS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 15444362702     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi047942r     Document Type: Article

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