Kinetic and structural characterization of Slr0077/SufS, the essential cysteine desulfurase from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 38, 2004, Pages 12210-12219

  Tirupati, Bhramara ^a   Vey, Jessica Lynn ^b   Drennan, Catherine L ^b   Bollinger Jr , J Martin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR;

CYSTEINE DESULFURASES; NUCLEOPHILIC CYSTEINE;

ENZYMES;

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DESULFURIZATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITES; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYANOBACTERIA; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; GENE EXPRESSION; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 4644275046     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0491447     Document Type: Article

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