Interchangeability and distinct properties of bacterial Fe-S cluster assembly systems: Functional replacement of the isc and suf operons in Escherichia coli with the nifSU-like operon from Helicobacter pylori

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-209

  Tokumoto, Umechiyo ^a   Kitamura, Seiichi ^a   Fukuyama, Keiichi ^a   Takahashi, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biogenesis; Fe S proteins; ISC; NIF; SUF

Indexed keywords

FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOGENESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 4644354002     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvh104     Document Type: Article

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