Contribution of a salt bridge to the thermostability of DNA binding protein HU from Bacillus stearothermophilus determined by site-directed mutagenesis

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 448-455

  Kawamura, Shunsuke ^a,b   Tanaka, Isao ^b   Yamasaki, Nobuyuki ^a   Kimura, Makoto ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacilli; DNA binding protein HU; Salt bridge; Site directed mutagenesis; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ELECTRICITY; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SODIUM BALANCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACILLI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031003188     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021609     Document Type: Article

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