Evolutionary conservation and in vitro reconstitution of microsporidian iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Freibert, Sven A ^a   Goldberg, Alina V ^b   Hacker, Christian ^c,d   Molik, Sabine ^a   Dean, Paul ^b   Williams, Tom A ^b   Nakjang, Sirintra ^b   Long, Shaojun ^b   Sendra, Kacper ^b   Bill, Eckhard ^e   Heinz, Eva ^b   Hirt, Robert P ^b   Lucocq, John M ^c   Embley, T Martin ^b   Lill, Roland ^a,f  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERSION   (Germany)

^f Offensive for the Development of Scientific and Economic Excellence of the State of Hesse LOEWE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

ANCESTRY; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FUNGUS; IRON; MITOCHONDRION; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; MICROSPORIDIA; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSOME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRACHIPLEISTOPHORA HOMINIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PANSPOROBLASTINA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MICROSPORIDIA; TRACHIPLEISTOPHORA HOMINIS;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSOL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; PANSPORABLASTINA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 85008352113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13932     Document Type: Article

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