NifS-mediated assembly of [4Fe-4S] clusters in the N- and C-terminal domains of the NifU Scaffold protein

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 39, 2005, Pages 12955-12969

  Smith, Archer D ^a   Jameson, Guy N L ^b   Dos Santos, Patricia C ^c   Agar, Jeffrey N ^a   Naik, Sunil ^b   Krebs, Carsten ^b   Frazzon, Jeverson ^c   Dean, Dennis R ^c   Huynh, Boi Hanh ^b   Johnson, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DIMERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CLUSTER TRANSFER; HOMODIMERIC MODULAR PROTEINS; SCAFFOLD PROTEINS;

PROTEINS;

ASPARTIC ACID; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN NFU; PROTEIN NIFS; PROTEIN NIFU; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REACTION ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 25444446576     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051257i     Document Type: Article

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