Ferritin structure from Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Comparative study with homologues identifies extended C-terminus involved in ferroxidase activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Khare, Garima ^a   Gupta, Vibha ^a   Nangpal, Prachi ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Sauter, Nicholas K ^b   Tyagi, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOFERRITIN; BACTERIOFERRITIN B; CERULOPLASMIN; IRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME B; FERRITIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERULOPLASMIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; FERRITINS; IRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79954538172     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018570     Document Type: Article

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