@article{open1850, volume = {17}, author = {Giriraj Acharya and Gurmeet Kaur and Srikrishna Subramanian}, note = {Open Access}, title = {Evolutionary relationships between heme-binding ferredoxin {\ensuremath{\alpha}} + {\ensuremath{\beta}} barrels.}, publisher = {BioMed Central}, journal = {BMC bioinformatics}, pages = {168}, year = {2016}, keywords = {Barrel packing; Heme; Hemoprotein; Iron metabolism; Protein evolution}, url = {http://crdd.osdd.net/open/1850/}, abstract = {The {\ensuremath{\alpha}} + {\ensuremath{\beta}} barrel superfamily of the ferredoxin-like fold consists of a functionally diverse group of evolutionarily related proteins. The barrel architecture of these proteins is formed by either homo-/hetero-dimerization or duplication and fusion of ferredoxin-like domains. Several members of this superfamily bind heme in order to carry out their functions.} }