Two distinct regions on the surface of an RNA-binding domain are crucial for RNase E function

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 959-969

  Diwa, Alexis A ^a   Jiang, Xunqing ^a   Schapira, Matthieu ^a   Belasco, Joel G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; RIBONUCLEASE E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARGININE; BINDING SITES; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036434916     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03231.x     Document Type: Article

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