Intermolecular cleavage by UmuD-like enzymes: Identification of residues required for cleavage and substrate specificity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2199-2209

  McDonald, John P ^a   Peat, Thomas S ^b   Levine, Arthur S ^a   Woodgate, Roger ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzymatic reactions; Escherichia coli UmuD; Protein protein interactions; Salmonella typhimurium UmuD; SOS mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033524962     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2433     Document Type: Article

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