Solution structure of the HMG protein NHP6A and its interaction with DNA reveals the structural determinants for non-sequence-specific binding

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2563-2579

  Allain, Frédéric H T ^a   Yen, Yi Meng ^b   Masse, James E ^a   Schultze, Peter ^a   Dieckmann, Thorsten ^a   Johnson, Reid C ^a,b   Feigon, Juli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA bending; DNA recognition; HMG box; NMR

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON 13; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; METHIONINE; NITROGEN 15; PHENYLALANINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033522480     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2563     Document Type: Article

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