Putting Metal in the Middle

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Abstract

Placing metal ions into the center of a porphyrin ring is a significant cellular challenge. Lundqvist et ai. (2010) provide snapshots of the AAA + motor unit of magnesium chelatase, an enzyme that insert magnesium ion into the porphyrin ring accompanied by ATP expenditure, in different states of binding to adenosyl nucleotides.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalStructure
Volume18
StatePublished - Mar 10 2010

Disciplines

  • Molecular Biology

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