In vitro activation of apo-aconitase using a [4Fe-4S] cluster-loaded form of the IscU [Fe - S] cluster scaffolding protein

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 6812-6821

  Unciuleac, Mihaela Carmen ^a   Chandramouli, Kala ^b   Naik, Sunil ^c   Mayer, Suzanne ^a   Boi, Hanh Huynh ^c   Johnson, Michael K ^b   Dean, Dennis R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; PROTEIN MATURATION; REDUCTIVE COUPLING;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BIOACTIVITY; CONFORMATIONS; DIMERS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION;

PROTEINS;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; APOPROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHAPERONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HOMODIMER; HYDROLYASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PROTEIN ISCU; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; APOPROTEINS; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; KINETICS; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 34250187112     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi6026665     Document Type: Article

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