Mapping metal ions at the catalytic centres of two intron-encoded endonucleases

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3272-3281

  Lykke Andersen, Jens ^a   Garrett, Roger A ^a   Kjems, Jørgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Archaeal introns; Homing endonucleases; Hydroxyl radicals; Metal ions; Protein footprinting

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; FERROUS ION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL ION;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; INTRON; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; BINDING SITES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE I SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INTRONS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030924866     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3272     Document Type: Article

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