Histoplasma capsulatum secreted γ-glutamyltransferase reduces iron by generating an efficient ferric reductant

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 352-368

  Zarnowski, Robert ^a,c   Cooper, Kendal G ^a   Brunold, Laura Schmitt ^a   Calaycay, Jimmy ^b   Woods, Jon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINYLGLYCINE; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DEPENDENT FERRIC REDUCTASE; GLYCOSYLATED PROTEIN; IRON; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THIOL GROUP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUPERNATANT;

DIPEPTIDES; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; HISTOPLASMA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REDUCING AGENTS;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 52649152402     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06410.x     Document Type: Article

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