The importance of iron in the biosynthesis and assembly of [NiFe]-hydrogenases

Biomolecular Concepts

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-70

  Pinske, Constanze ^a   Sawers, R Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

NiFe hydrogenase maturation; carbon monoxide; cyanide; diatomic ligands; Isc (iron sulfur cluster) machinery

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FECA PROTEIN, E COLI; FEO PROTEIN, E COLI; HYDROGENASE; IRON;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROGENASE; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 84896768069     PISSN: 18685021     EISSN: 1868503X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2014-0001     Document Type: Review

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