The structure and function of frataxin

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 269-291

  Bencze, Krisztina Z ^a   Kondapalli, Kalyan C ^a   Cook, Jeremy D ^a   McMahon, Stephen ^a   Millán Pacheco, César ^b   Pastor, Nina ^b   Stemmler, Timothy L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aconitase; CyaY; Ferrochelatase; Friedreich's ataxia; Heme biosynthesis; Iron chaperone; Iron sulfur cluster assembly; ISU; Yfh1

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; CHAPERONE; FERROCHELATASE; FRATAXIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENE FUNCTION; HEME SYNTHESIS; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HEME; HUMANS; IRON; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ATAXIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33747621648     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230600846058     Document Type: Review

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