Site-directed mutagenesis and spectral studies suggest a putative role of FurA from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 as a heme sensor protein

FEBS Journal

Volumn 279, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2231-2246

  Pellicer, Silvia ^a   González, Andrés ^a   Peleato, M Luisa ^a   Martinez, Jesús I ^a   Fillat, María F ^a   Bes, M Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cyanobacterium; ferric uptake regulator (Fur); heme sensing; heme thiolate protein; iron homeostasis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; FURA PROTEIN; HEME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA BINDING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HEME; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

CYANOBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84861874409     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08606.x     Document Type: Article

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