Emerging paradigms for complex iron-sulfur cofactor assembly and insertion

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 429-450

  Peters, John W ^a   Broderick, Joan B ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biogenesis; FeMo cofactor; H cluster; hydrogenase; nitrogenase; radical SAM

Indexed keywords

IRON HYDROGENASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; MOLYBDENUM NITROGENASE; NITROGENASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA; BRANCHIAL REGION; COENZYMES; HYDROGENASE; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLYBDOFERREDOXIN; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SULFUR;

EID: 84861881676     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 15454509     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-052610-094911     Document Type: Article

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