Structural basis for Fe-S cluster assembly and tRNA thiolation mediated by IscS protein-protein interactions

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Shi, Rong ^a   Proteau, Ariane ^a   Villarroya, Magda ^b   Moukadiri, Ismaïl ^b   Zhang, Linhua ^c   Trempe, Jean François ^a   Matte, Allan ^c   Eugenia Armengod, E ^b   Cygler, Miroslaw ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; FRATAXIN; PROTEIN ISCS; PROTEIN ISCU; SULFURTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISCU PROTEIN, E COLI; LYASE; SULFUR; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TUSA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, TRANSFER; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFUR;

EID: 77951749014     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000354     Document Type: Article

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