Crystal structure of dimeric flavodoxin from Desulfovibrio gigas suggests a potential binding region for the electron-transferring partner

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1667-1683

  Hsieh, Yin Cheng ^a   Chia, Tze Shyang ^b   Fun, Hoong Kun ^b,c   Chen, Chun Jung ^a,d,e  

^a NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Binding region; Crystal structure; Dimer; Flavin mononucleotide (FMN); Flavodoxin (Fld)

Indexed keywords

DIMER; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVODOXIN; MONOMER; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE CHARGE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; FLAVODOXIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84878667841     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14011667     Document Type: Article

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