Assembly of EcoKI DNA methyltransferase requires the C-terminal region of the HsdM modification subunit

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-137

  Powell, Lynn M ^a   Lejeune, Erwan ^a   Hussain, Farhana S ^a   Cronshaw, Andrew D ^a   Kelly, Sharon M ^b   Price, Nicholas C ^b   Dryden, David T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferase; EcoKI; Protein assembly; Restriction modification system

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE ECOKI; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA MODIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 0037458050     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(02)00251-X     Document Type: Article

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