Copper binding in IscA inhibits iron-sulphur cluster assembly in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 629-644

  Tan, Guoqiang ^a,b   Cheng, Zishuo ^b   Pang, Yilin ^a   Landry, Aaron P ^b   Li, Jianghui ^a   Lu, Jianxin ^a   Ding, Huangen ^b  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYSTEINE; IRON; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; ISCA PROTEIN; SUFA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ISCA PROTEIN, E COLI; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL BINDING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; COPPER; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84925883786     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12676     Document Type: Article

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