Two Stacked Heme Molecules in the Binding Pocket of the Periplasmic Heme-Binding Protein HmuT from Yersinia pestis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 404, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 220-231

  Mattle, Daniel ^a,b   Zeltina, Antra ^a   Woo, Jae Sung ^a   Goetz, Birke A ^a   Locher, Kaspar P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Heme binding; Heme transport protein; Iron uptake; Protein crystallography; Type III periplasmic binding protein

Indexed keywords

HEME; HEMIN; HISTIDINE; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN HMUT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 78349310739     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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