Iron-binding activity of human iron-sulfur cluster assembly protein hIscA1

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 428, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Lu, Jianxin ^a   Bitoun, Jacob P ^b   Tan, Guoqiang ^a,b   Wang, Wu ^b   Min, Wenguang ^a   Ding, Huangen ^b  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human IscA homologue (hIscA1); Intracellular iron content; Iron sulfur cluster biogenesis

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CONDITION; ASSOCIATION CONSTANT; COMPLEMENTATION; E. COLI; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; HUMAN HOMOLOGUE; IN-VITRO; INTRACELLULAR IRON; IRON BINDING; IRON CONTENT; IRON-BINDING PROTEIN; IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION;

CELL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH KINETICS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION;

SULFUR;

IRON; IRON SULFUR CLUSTER ASSEMBLY PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ISCA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

HUMANS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; KINETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS;

EID: 77953388374     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20100122     Document Type: Article

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