Of the vulnerability of orphan complex proteins: The case study of the E. coli IscU and IscS proteins

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-166

  Prischi, Filippo ^a   Pastore, Chiara ^a   Carroni, Marta ^b   Iannuzzi, Clara ^a   Adinolfi, Salvatore ^a   Temussi, Pierandrea ^a,c   Pastore, Annalisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Enzymatic activity; Fluorescence; Frataxin; Iron sulfur cluster; Structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISCU PROTEIN, E COLI; LYASE; PROTEIN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; SULOFENUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; SULFONYLUREA COMPOUNDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77955426294     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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