The yeast site-specific recombinase Flp mediates alcoholysis and hydrolysis of the strand cleavage product: Mimicking the strand-joining reaction with non-DNA nucleophiles

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-107

  Knudsen, Birgitta R ^a   Dahlstrøm, Kristina ^b   Westergaard, Ole ^a   Jayaram, Makkuni ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic analysis; Flp recombinase; Hydrolysis Alcoholysis; Strand joining; Transesterification reactions

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; GLYCEROL; HYDROXYL GROUP; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; YEAST;

EID: 0031566951     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0767     Document Type: Article

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