The catalytic center of ferritin regulates iron storage via Fe(II)-Fe(III) displacement

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 941-948

  Honarmand Ebrahimi, Kourosh ^a   Bill, Eckhard ^b   Hagedoorn, Peter Leon ^a   Hagen, Wilfred R ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULOPLASMIN; COBALT 57; FERRIC ION; FERRITIN; FERROUS ION; IRON; IRON 57; RHODIUM;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRON BINDING CAPACITY; IRON STORAGE; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOSSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 84867672506     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1071     Document Type: Article

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