The role of zinc in the stability of the marginally stable IscU scaffold protein

Protein Science

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1208-1219

  Iannuzzi, Clara ^a,b   Adrover, Miquel ^a,c   Puglisi, Rita ^a   Yan, Robert ^a   Temussi, Piero Andrea ^a,d   Pastore, Annalisa ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iron sulfur clusters; Metal coordination; Metalloprotein; Protein stability; Zinc binding protein

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISCU PROTEIN, E COLI; PROTEIN AGGREGATE; ZINC;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN AGGREGATES; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; ZINC;

EID: 84906856719     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2501     Document Type: Article

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