Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Life Sciences Commons™

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology

PDF

David Bollivar

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences

Putting Metal In The Middle, David Bollivar Mar 2010

Putting Metal In The Middle, David Bollivar

David Bollivar

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.

Go to article