The DUF59 Containing Protein SufT Is Involved in the Maturation of Iron-Sulfur (FeS) Proteins during Conditions of High FeS Cofactor Demand in Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Mashruwala, Ameya A ^a   Bhatt, Shiven ^a   Poudel, Saroj ^b   Boyd, Eric S ^b,c   Boyd, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON SULFUR CLUSTER ASSEMBLY PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; IRON; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MUTANT PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84984876896     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006233     Document Type: Article

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