Structural and biochemical characterization of Gun4 suggests a mechanism for its role in chlorophyll biosynthesis

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 7603-7612

  Davison, Paul A ^a   Schubert, Heidi L ^b   Reid, James D ^a   Iorg, Charles D ^b   Heroux, Annie ^c   Hill, Christopher P ^b   Hunter, C Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUN4; MAGNESIUM CHELATASE; MOLECULAR SWITCHES; SIGANALLING PATHWAYS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FUNGI; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPHYRINS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES;

ENZYMES;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; MAGNESIUM; METALLOPORPHYRIN; PORPHYRIN; PROTEIN GUN4; PROTOPORPHYRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLOROPLAST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; COENZYMES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYANOBACTERIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYASES; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

THERMOSYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 19644396905     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050240x     Document Type: Article

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