A zinc-binding site in the largest subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase involved in enzyme assembly

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2439-2448

  Markov, Dmitriy ^a   Naryshkina, Tatyana ^a   Mustaev, Arkady ^b   Severinov, Konstantin ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly mutations; RNA polymerase; Transcription; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME DENATURATION; ENZYME RECONSTITUTION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC;

EID: 0033568350     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.18.2439     Document Type: Article

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