Bacterial IscU is a well folded and functional single domain protein

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2093-2100

  Adinolfi, Salvatore ^a   Rizzo, Francesca ^a   Masino, Laura ^a   Nair, Margie ^a   Martin, Stephen R ^a   Pastore, Annalisa ^a   Temussi, Piero A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Friedreich ataxia; Iron sulfur cluster; NMR; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MONOMER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MEASUREMENT; MELTING POINT; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2942602702     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04112.x     Document Type: Article

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