In vivo evidence for the iron-binding activity of an iron-sulfur cluster assembly protein IscA in Escherichia coli

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 432, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 429-436

  Wang, Wu ^a,b   Huang, Hao ^a   Tan, Guoqiang ^b   Si, Fan ^b   Liu, Min ^b   Landry, Aaron P ^a   Lu, Jianxin ^b   Ding, Huangen ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human IscA homologue; Intracellular iron content; Iron sulfur cluster biogenesis

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; AEROBIC CONDITION; AEROBIC GROWTH; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; E. COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; EUKARYOTIC ORGANISMS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FRATAXIN; HUMAN ISCA HOMOLOGUE; IN-VIVO; INTRACELLULAR IRON CONTENTS; IRON BINDING; IRON-SULFUR CLUSTER BIOGENESIS; IRON-SULFUR CLUSTERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACHINERY; OXYGEN;

SULFUR;

CHAPERONE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FRATAXIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN ISCA; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON-BINDING PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; OXYGEN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 78649847037     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20101507     Document Type: Article

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