Crystal structure of a DNA binding protein from the hyperthermophilic euryarchaeon Methanococcus jannaschii

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2815-2822

  Wang, Ganggang ^a   Guo, Rong ^b   Bartlam, Mark ^a   Yang, Haitao ^a   Xue, Hong ^b   Liu, Yiwei ^a   Huang, Li ^b   Rao, Zihe ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Archaea; Chromosomal organization; Crystal structure; DNA binding protein; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; EURYARCHAEOTA; HYDROPHOBICITY; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; IONS; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRENARCHAEOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS;

EID: 0344413586     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03325103     Document Type: Article

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