- iron-sulfur protein
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any protein in which iron is coordinated with cysteine sulfur and sometimes also with inorganic sulfur; they have electron transfer and enzymatic function
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Iron-sulfur protein — Iron sulfur proteins are proteins characterized by the presence of iron sulfur clusters containing sulfide linked di , tri , and tetrairon centers in variable oxidation states. Iron sulfur clusters are found in a variety of metalloproteins, such… … Wikipedia
iron-sulfur protein — a group of proteins, including ferredoxins and adrenodoxin, that function in electron transport; they contain iron sulfur centers of the form Fe2S2Cys4 or Fe4S4Cys4, where Cys denotes a cysteine residue; the iron atoms undergo reversible… … Medical dictionary
High potential iron-sulfur protein — Pfam box Symbol = HIPIP Name = High potential iron sulfur protein width = caption = Pfam= PF01355 InterPro= IPR000170 SMART= PROSITE = PDOC00515 SCOP = 1hpi TCDB = OPM family= 124 OPM protein= 1hpi PDB=PDB3|1hlqB:7 72 PDB3|1hpi :6 69 PDB3|1hrr… … Wikipedia
iron-sulphur protein — noun alternative spelling of iron sulfur protein … Wiktionary
Iron-sulfur cluster — For biological Fe S clusters, see iron sulfur proteins.Iron sulfur clusters are ensembles of iron and sulfide centres. Fe S clusters are most often discussed in the context of the biological role for iron sulfur proteins. [S. J. Lippard, J. M.… … Wikipedia
iron-sulfur cluster — noun a unit comprising two or more iron atoms and bridging sulfur ligands in an iron sulfur protein … Wiktionary
Iron-sulfur world theory — The iron sulfur world theory is a hypothesis for the origin of life advanced by Günter Wächtershäuser, a Munich chemist and patent lawyer, involving forms of iron and sulfur. [cite journal author = Russell MJ, Daniel RM, Hall AJ, Sherringham JA… … Wikipedia
CDGSH iron sulfur domain — 1 Crystallographic structure (PDB 2QH7) of the CDGSH type domain 1 dimer (green and cyan cartoon) complexed with iron (brown) and sulfur (yellow) Fe S clusters. Identifiers … Wikipedia
protein — proteinaceous /proh tee nay sheuhs, tee i nay /, proteinic, proteinous, adj. /proh teen, tee in/, n. 1. Biochem. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the… … Universalium
Sulfur — This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Sulfur (disambiguation). phosphorus ← sulfur → chlorine … Wikipedia
