Iron and bismuth bound human serum transferrin reveals a partially-opened conformation in the N-lobe

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yang, Nan ^a,b   Zhang, Hongmin ^a   Wang, Minji ^a   Hao, Quan ^a   Sun, Hongzhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BISMUTH; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HUMANS; IRON; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84871947083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00999     Document Type: Article

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