Structures of the substrate-free and product-bound forms of HmuO, a heme oxygenase from corynebacterium diphtheriae: X-ray crystallography and molecular dynamics investigation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 34443-34458

  Unno, Masaki ^a,b,c   Ardèvol, Albert ^d   Rovira, Carme ^d,e   Ikeda Saito, Masao ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN SPring 8 Center ^*  (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITES; HELICAL CONFORMATION; HEME DEGRADATION; HEME OXYGENASES; HYDROGEN BOND NETWORKS; LATTER COMPLEXES; SUBSTRATE-BOUND;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PORPHYRINS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

PIGMENTS;

ARGININE; BILIVERDIN; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; HYDROGEN; IRON; LYSINE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN HMUO; PYRROLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84889045759     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.486936     Document Type: Article

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