The flavodoxin from Helicobacter pylori: Structural determinants of thermostability and FMN cofactor binding

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 627-639

  Cremades, Nunilo ^a   Velazquez Campoy, Adrián ^a   Freire, Ernesto ^b   Sancho, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIA; DENATURATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; LIGANDS; PATHOGENS;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROTEIN UNFOLDING;

PROTEIN FOLDING;

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVODOXIN;

ALGORITHM; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANABAENA; APOPROTEINS; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVODOXIN; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGANDS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANABAENA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 38849142536     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi701365e     Document Type: Article

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