Kinetics of methylation and binding of DNA by the EcoRV adenine-n6 methyltransferase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 747-758

  Jeltsch, Albert ^a   Friedrich, Tatjana ^a   Roth, Markus ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformational change; Enzyme mechanism; Protein nucleic acid interaction; Restriction modification system; Specific DNA binding

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; PH; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EQUUS ASINUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032488961     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1492     Document Type: Article

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