Escherichia coli YtfE is a di-iron protein with an important function in assembly of iron-sulphur clusters

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 278-284

  Justino, Marta C ^a   Almeida, Cláudia C ^a   Gonçalves, Vera L ^a   Teixeira, Miguel ^a   Saraiva, Lígia M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anaerobic respiration; Di iron; Escherichia coli; Iron sulphur metabolism; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HISTIDINE; IRON; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN YTFE; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOGENESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NITROSATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; YTFE GENE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645226161     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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