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SUBMITTER: Schneider S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1952356 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications 20050730 Pt 8
Bacteria have evolved strategies to acquire iron from their environment. Pathogenic microbes rely on specialized proteins to ;steal' haem from their host and use it as an iron source. HemS is the ultimate recipient of a molecular-relay system for haem uptake in Gram-negative species, functioning as the cytosolic carrier of haem. Soluble expression and high-quality diffraction crystals were obtained for HemS from Yersinia enterocolitica. Crystals belong to the orthorhombic space group I222, with ...[more]