A dimer of the FeS cluster biosynthesis protein IscA from cyanobacteria binds a [2Fe2S] cluster between two protomers and transfers it to [2Fe2S] and [4Fe4S] apo proteins
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- 26 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 270 (8) , 1662-1671
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03522.x
Abstract
Two proteins with similarity to IscA are encoded in the genome of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. One of them, the product of slr1417 which accounts for 0.025% of the total soluble protein...Keywords
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