Identification of three aspartic acid residues essential for catalysis by the RusA holliday junction resolvase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 403-415

  Bolt, Edward L ^a   Sharples, Gary J ^a   Lloyd, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA repair; E. coli; Endonuclease; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; RESOLVASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033582616     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2499     Document Type: Article

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