The SufE sulfur-acceptor protein contains a conserved core structure that mediates interdomain interactions in a variety of redox protein complexes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 549-565

  Goldsmith Fischman, Sharon ^a   Kuzin, Alexandre ^b   Edstrom, William C ^b   Benach, Jordi ^b   Shastry, Ritu ^c   Xiao, Rong ^c   Acton, Thomas B ^c   Honig, Barry ^a   Montelione, Gaetano T ^c   Hunt, John F ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bioinorganic chemistry; iron sulfur cluster; structural genomics; suf operon; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN ISCU; PROTEIN SUFE; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 7444248431     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.08.074     Document Type: Article

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