Two active-site tyrosyl residues of protein TrwC act sequentially at the origin of transfer during plasmid R388 conjugation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1163-1172

  Grandoso, Guadalupe ^a   Avila, Pilar ^a   Cayón, Amalia ^a   Hernando, Miguel Angel ^a   Llosa, Matxalen ^a   De la Cruz, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial conjugation; DNA relaxases; OriT processing; Plasmid R388; Protein TrwC

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; COVALENT BOND; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034602931     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3425     Document Type: Article

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