High-resolution crystal structures of the flavoprotein NrdI in oxidized and reduced states - An unusual flavodoxin: Structural biology

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4265-4277

  Johansson, Renzo ^a   Torrents, Eduard ^b   Lundin, Daniel ^c   Sprenger, Janina ^a   Sahlin, Margareta ^c   Sjöberg, Britt Marie ^c   Logan, Derek T ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

crystal structure; flavin mononucleotide; flavodoxin; NrdI; ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVODOXIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN NRDI; NITROGEN; QUERCETIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; SEMIQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NRDF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REDUCTION KINETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVODOXIN; FLAVOPROTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES;

EID: 77957270576     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07815.x     Document Type: Article

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