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バクテリオフェリチンによる鉄鉱化のための構造的基礎

Allister Crow1, Tamara L Lawson, Allison Lewin

  • 1Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.

Journal of the American Chemical Society
|April 28, 2009
PubMed
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この研究は,バクテリオフェリチン (BFR) が鉄を鉱化する方法を示し,そのフェロキシダースセンターが触媒的コファクターとして作用することを示しています. 新しい内部の鉄部位が電子伝送を助け,BFRを示唆している.

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