DNA binding and cleavage by the periplasmic nuclease Vvn: A novel structure with a known active site

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 4014-4025

  Li, Chia Lung ^a,b   Hor, Lien I ^c   Chang, Zee Fen ^a   Tsai, Li Chu ^b   Yang, Wei Zen ^b   Yuan, Hanna S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; DNA hydrolysis; DNA binding protein; Protein DNA interactions; Sequence independent recognition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESTERASES; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0042525860     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg377     Document Type: Article

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