Crystallographic analysis of the intact metal centres [3Fe-4S]1+/0 and [4Fe-4S]2+/1+ in a Zn2+-containing ferredoxin

FEBS Letters

Volumn 582, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 763-767

  Frazão, Carlos ^a   Aragão, David ^a   Coelho, Ricardo ^a   Leal, Sónia S ^a   Gomes, Cláudio M ^a   Teixeira, Miguel ^a   Carrondo, Maria Arménia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Crystal twinning; Iron sulfur proteins; Protein folding; Protein stability; Thermophiles; Zinc centres

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; FERREDOXIN; HISTONE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; METAL; ZINC;

ACIDIANUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOFUS TOKODAI;

ACIDIANUS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; FERREDOXINS; IRON; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SULFUR; ZINC;

ACIDIANUS AMBIVALENS;

EID: 39649092718     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.01.041     Document Type: Article

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