Formation and function of the manganese(iv)/iron(iii) cofactor in chlamydia trachomatis ribonucleotide reductase

Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 13736-13744

  Jiang, Wei ^a,b   Yun, Danny ^a,c   Saleh, Lana ^a,d   Martin Bollinger Jr , J ^a,b   Krebs, Carsten ^a,b  

^a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLASS I; COFACTORS; DIPHOSPHATES; HETEROBINUCLEAR; HYDROGEN ATOMS; METAL CLUSTER; NEAR-SURFACE; ONE-ELECTRON REDUCTIONS; PROTON COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFERS; RIBONUCLEOSIDES; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; STABLE RADICALS; THIYL RADICALS;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOXYLATION; IRON COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATASES;

MANGANESE;

FERRIC ION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MANGANESE; PHENYLALANINE; PROTON; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; IRON;

BETA CHAIN; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COENZYME; ENZYMOLOGY;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

CATALYSIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COENZYMES; IRON; MANGANESE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES;

EID: 58849139303     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi8017625     Document Type: Review

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