The PWWP domain of mammalian DNA methyltransferase Dnmt3b defines a new family of DNA-binding folds

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-224

  Qiu, Chen ^a,b   Sawada, Ken ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a   Cheng, Xiaodong ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHYLATION; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036176982     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb759     Document Type: Article

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