The 1.5 Å Resolution Crystal Structure of [Fe3S 4]-Ferredoxin from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5188-5194

  Nielsen, Michael S ^a   Harris, Pernille ^a   Ooi, Bee Lean ^a   Christensen, Hans E M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMES; HYDROPHOBICITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

MOLECULAR REPLACEMENT; SPIRAL CONFORMATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

FERREDOXIN; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; DISULFIDE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PYROCOCCUS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDES; FERREDOXINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBICITY; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 2442548770     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi049942x     Document Type: Article

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