The Asymmetric Trimeric Architecture of [2Fe-2S] IscU: Implications for Its Scaffolding during Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biosynthesis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 383, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-143

  Shimomura, Yoshimitsu ^a   Wada, Kei ^a   Fukuyama, Keiichi ^a   Takahashi, Yasuhiro ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

biosynthesis; Fe S cluster; ISC machinery; scaffold; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 52049096425     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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