A ZnS4 structural zinc site in the Helicobacter pylori ferric uptake regulator

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5582-5591

  Vitale, Sylvia ^a   Fauquant, Caroline ^a,e   Lascoux, David ^b   Schauer, Kristine ^d   Saint Pierre, Christine ^c   Michaud Soret, Isabelle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHARACTERISTIC ABSORPTION; CHELATING AGENT; COFACTOR; CYSTEINE RESIDUES; DIMER FORMATION; DIMERIC STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING ACTIVITY; DOUBLE MUTANTS; ENZYMATIC DIGESTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; METAL BINDING; METAL CONTENT; METAL SITES; METAL-BINDING SITES; OLIGOMERIC STATE; REDOX STATE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; ZINC BINDING; ZINC IONS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BINDING ENERGY; CADMIUM; CHELATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS; MONOMERS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; STRUCTURAL METALS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

BINDING SITES;

CADMIUM; CHELATING AGENT; CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; IODOACETAMIDE; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; ZINC SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DIGESTION; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 67649229862     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi9004396     Document Type: Article

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