Un complejo cofactor hierro-calcio que cataliza la química del fosfotransfer.

Shee Chien Yong1, Pietro Roversi2, James Lillington2

  • 1Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 6, 2014
PubMed
Resumen

Las fosfatasas alcalinas microbianas como PhoX utilizan un complejo cofactor de hierro para la adquisición de fosfato. Esta estructura revela cómo la enzima se une a los sustratos, lo que sugiere que la disponibilidad de hierro puede limitar la absorción microbiana de fosfato.

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