Subunit D of RNA polymerase from Methanosarcina acetivorans contains two oxygen-labile [4Fe-4S] clusters: Implications for oxidant-dependent regulation of transcription

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 18510-18523

  Lessner, Faith H ^a   Jennings, Matthew E ^a   Hirata, Akira ^b   Duin, Eduardus C ^c   Lessner, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY PURIFICATION; ARCHAEA; CLUSTER CONTENT; HETERODIMERS; IN-VITRO; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHANOSARCINALES; MULTISUBUNIT; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; REDOX-ACTIVE; REGULATION OF TRANSCRIPTION; RNA POLYMERASE;

BIOMOLECULES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDANTS; OXYGEN; POLYMERS; RNA; SULFUR;

PURIFICATION;

HETERODIMER; OXYGEN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE SUBUNIT D; RNA POLYMERASE SUBUNIT L; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; METHANOSARCINALES;

EID: 84861556603     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.331199     Document Type: Article

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