Structure-function analysis of the Z-DNA-binding domain Zα of dsRNA adenosine deaminase type I reveals similarity to the (α + β) family of helix-turn-helix proteins

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 470-479

  Schade, Markus ^a,b   Turner, Christopher J ^c   Lowenhaupt, Ky ^a   Rich, Alexander ^a   Herbert, Alan ^a  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA recognition; Helix turn helix; NMR; RNA editing; Scanning mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0033555682     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.2.470     Document Type: Article

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