Ferredoxin-NADP+ Reductase from Plasmodium falciparum Undergoes NADP+-dependent Dimerization and Inactivation: Functional and Crystallographic Analysis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 367, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 501-513

  Milani, Mario ^a   Balconi, Emanuela ^a   Aliverti, Alessandro ^a   Mastrangelo, Eloise ^a   Seeber, Frank ^b   Bolognesi, Martino ^a   Zanetti, Giuliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

apicoplast; disulfide stabilized dimer; ferredoxin NADP+ reductase; Plasmodium falciparum; protein structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; CYSTEINE; DIMER; FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33847093343     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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