Crystal structure of a PUT3-DNA complex reveals a novel mechanism for DNA recognition by a protein containing a Zn2Cys6 binuclear cluster

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 751-759

  Swaminathan, Kunchithapadam ^a   Flynn, Paul ^b   Reece, Richard J ^b   Marmorstein, Ronen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE; DIMERIZATION; DNA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZINC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030831985     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0997-751     Document Type: Article

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