The Mechanism of DNA Cleavage by the Type II Restriction Enzyme EcoRV: Asp36 is Not Directly Involved in DNA Cleavage but Serves to Couple Indirect Readout to Catalysis

Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler

Volumn 379, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 467-474

  Stahl, Frank ^a   Wende, Wolfgang ^a   Jeltsch, Albert ^a   Pingoud, Alfred ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DNA; MAGNESIUM ION; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ALLOSTERISM; CATALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ASPARTIC ACID; CATALYSIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0031960447     PISSN: 01773593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.4-5.467     Document Type: Article

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