The novel function of a short region K253xRxxxD259 conserved in the exonuclease domain of hyperthermostable DNA polymerase I from Pyrococcus horikoshii

Extremophiles

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-117

  Zheng, Rong ^a   Matsui, Eriko ^a   Shen, Yulong ^a   Musti, Krishnasastry V ^a   Feng, Yan ^a   Darnis, Sophie ^a   Kawarabayasi, Yutaka ^a,b   Kikuchi, Hisasi ^b   Harata, Kazuaki ^a   Matsui, Ikuo ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND EVALUATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase; Exonuclease; Pyrococcus horikoshii; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; EXONUCLEASE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA POLYMERASE I; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME STABILITY; EXONUCLEASES; HEAT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYROCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0035319917     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920100178     Document Type: Article

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