The L-Cysteine Desulfurase NFS1 Is Localized in the Cytosol where it Provides the Sulfur for Molybdenum Cofactor Biosynthesis in Humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Marelja, Zvonimir ^a   Mullick Chowdhury, Mita ^a   Dosche, Carsten ^a,b   Hille, Carsten ^a   Baumann, Otto ^a   Löhmannsröben, Hans Gerd ^a   Leimkühler, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE NFS1; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNODETECTION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; COENZYMES; CYSTEINE; CYTOSOL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; METALLOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTANT PROTEINS; NEUROSPORA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PTERIDINES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SULFUR; SULFURTRANSFERASES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84876073834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060869     Document Type: Article

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