Switching aconitase B between catalytic and regulatory modes involves iron-dependent dimer formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1149-1158

  Tang, Yue ^a   Guest, John R ^a   Artymiuk, Peter J ^a   Green, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITASE B; ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BIPYRIDINE; DIMER; IRON; IRON CHELATE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN FTSH; PROTEINASE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 19944400791     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04610.x     Document Type: Article

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