Metal preferences and metallation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 28095-28103

  Foster, Andrew W ^a   Osman, Deenah ^a   Robinson, Nigel J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINS; ENZYMES; MAGNESIUM; METAL COMPLEXES; PROTEINS; ZINC;

DELIVERY SYSTEMS; INVERSE FUNCTIONS; METAL BINDING; METAL COFACTORS; METAL REQUIREMENTS; METALLO-PROTEINS; METALLOENZYMES; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION;

METALS;

BINDING PROTEIN; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; ISOENZYME; LIGAND; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METAL COMPLEX; METALLOPROTEIN; MOLYBDOPTERIN; NICKEL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; SULFUR; ZINC; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ALLOSTERISM; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOPLASM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; METAL BINDING; METALLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; KINETICS; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRON; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METALLOPROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; THERMODYNAMICS; ZINC;

EID: 84907829274     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R114.588145     Document Type: Review

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