Effect of single mutations on the structural dynamics of a DNA repair enzyme, the Escherichia coli formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase: A fluorescence study using tryptophan residues as reporter groups

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 413-420

  Kuznetsov, Serguei V ^a   Sidorkina, Olga M ^b   Jurado, Juan ^b   Bazin, Marc ^a   Tauc, Patrick ^c   Brochon, Jean Claude ^c   Laval, Jacques ^b   Santus, René ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase; Single mutation; Structural dynamics; Ultraviolet spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032522428     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530413.x     Document Type: Article

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