The NMR structure of the 38 kDa U1A protein - PIE RNA complex reveals the basis of cooperativity in regulation of polyadenylation by human U1A protein

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 329-335

  Varani, Luca ^a   Gunderson, Samuel I ^b,c   Mattaj, Lain W ^b   Kay, Lewis E ^d   Neuhaus, David ^a   Varani, Gabriele ^a,d  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN U1A; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA BINDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; POLY A; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034070741     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/74101     Document Type: Article

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