Evolution of the transferrin family: Conservation of residues associated with iron and anion binding

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-141

  Lambert, Lisa A ^a   Perri, Holly ^a   Halbrooks, Peter J ^b   Mason, Anne B ^b  

^a CHATHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Inhibitor of carbonic anhydrase; Iron binding; Liganding residues; Major yolk protein; Pacifastin; Saxiphilin; Synergistic anion; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

ANION; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE; CARBONIC ACID; FERRIC ION; FISH PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTIDINE; IRON; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; LIGAND; LYSINE; MELANOTRANSFERRIN; OVOTRANSFERRIN; PACIFASTIN; THREONINE; TRANSFERRIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOLK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRAYFISH; FISH; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEA URCHIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ASTACOIDEA; CHLOROPHYTA; ECHINOIDEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 24344475974     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.07.007     Document Type: Review

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