Di-iron-tyrosyl radical ribonucleotide reductases

✍ Scribed by JoAnne Stubbe

• Book ID: 104414755
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 190 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1367-5931
• DOI: 10.1016/s1367-5931(03)00025-5

✦ Synopsis

New insights have been gained into the formation of the di-iron tyrosyl radical cofactor, which is essential for nucleotide reduction in the class I ribonucleotide reductases. Recent advances include Insight into the function of the tyrosyl radical in initiation of nucleotide reduction.