Seeking the determinants of the elusive functions of Sco proteins

FEBS Journal

Volumn 278, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2244-2262

  Banci, Lucia ^a   Bertini, Ivano ^a   Cavallaro, Gabriele ^a   Ciofi Baffoni, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

copper; cytochrome c oxidase; redox; Sco; thiol disulfide

Indexed keywords

COPPER ION; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SYNTHESIS OF CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 1 PROTEIN; SYNTHESIS OF CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE 2 PROTEIN; SYNTHESIS OF CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS OF CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE GENE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COPPER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79959306944     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08141.x     Document Type: Review

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