Mobilization of the iron centre in IscA for the iron-sulphur cluster assembly in IscU

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 389, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 797-802

  Ding, Baojin ^a   Smith, Edward S ^a   Ding, Huangen ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine desulphurase; Iron binding protein; Iron sulphur cluster; IscA; IscU; L cysteine

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; BIOMATERIALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS; SULFUR;

CYSTEINE DESULFURASE; IRON-BINDING PROTEIN; IRON-SULFUR CLUSTER; ISCA; ISCU; L-CYSTEINE; MOBILIZATION;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISCA PROTEIN; ISCU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON TRANSPORT; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 23644456197     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050405     Document Type: Article

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