Probing why trypanosomes assemble atypical cytochrome c with an AxxCH haem-binding motif instead of CxxCH

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 448, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-260

  Ginger, Michael L ^a   Sam, Katharine A ^b   Allen, James W A ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytochrome; Cytochrome c biogenesis; Euglenozoa; Haem; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

AXXCH; CXXCH; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C; HEME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BREATHING; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; EUGLENOZOA; GENETIC CODE; KINETOPLASTIDA; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; CYTOCHROMES C; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEME; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 84869069160     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20120757     Document Type: Article

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