The zinc ion in the HNH motif of the endonuclease domain of colicin E7 is not required for DNA binding but is essential for DNA hydrolysis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1670-1678

  Ku, Wen Yen ^a,b   Liu, Yu Wen ^b,c   Hsu, Ya Chein ^c   Liao, Chen Chung ^c   Liang, Po Huang ^d   Yuan, Hanna S ^a,b   Chak, Kin Fu ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; APOENZYME; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CALCIUM ION; COBALT; COLICIN; COLICIN E7; COPPER ION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; METAL ION; NICKEL; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036529553     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/30.7.1670     Document Type: Review

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