The active site of the rolling circle replication protein Rep75 is involved in site-specific nuclease, ligase and nucleotidyl transferase activities

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 537-545

  Marsin, Stéphanie ^a,b   Forterre, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; DEOXYADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELICASE; LIGASE; NUCLEASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYADENINE NUCLEOTIDES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI;

EID: 0032808028     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01498.x     Document Type: Article

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