Fe-haem bound to Escherichia coli bacterioferritin accelerates iron core formation by an electron transfer mechanism

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 444, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 553-560

  Wong, Steve G ^a   Abdulqadir, Raz ^b   Le Brun, Nick E ^b   Moore, Geoffrey R ^b   Mauk, A Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterioferritin; Escherichia coli; Haem reconstitution; Iron oxidation; Iron storage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOFERRITIN; CERULOPLASMIN; IRON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON CORE FORMATION; IRON KINETICS; IRON STORAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRITINS; HEME; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84862236567     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20112200     Document Type: Article

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