Metal ions and phosphate binding in the H-N-H motif: Crystal structures of the nuclease domain of ColE7/Im7 in complex with a phosphate ion and different divalent metal ions

Protein Science

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2947-2957

  Sui, Meng Jiun ^a,b   Tsai, Li Chu ^b   Hsia, Kuo Chiang ^b   Doudeva, Lyudmila G ^b   Ku, Wen Yen ^a,b   Han, Gye Won ^c   Yuan, Hanna S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divalent metal ions; DNA hydrolysis mechanism; DNase; Endonuclease; Magnesium ion; Metal binding in proteins; Zinc ion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDONUCLEASE; METAL ION; PHOSPHATE BINDING PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN; COLICIN IMMUNITY PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DIVALENT CATION; DNA; METAL; PHOSPHATE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COLICINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0036891689     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0220602     Document Type: Article

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