Catalytic center quest: Comparison of transposases belonging to the Tn3 family reveals an invariant triad of acidic amino acid residues

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International

Volumn 38, Issue 1 Included, 1996, Pages 15-20

  Yurieva, Olga ^a,b   Nikiforov, Vadim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic center; D D 35 E motif; Tn3 family; Transposase

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARTIC ACID; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0029795972     PISSN: 10399712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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