Hexameric RSF1010 helicase RepA: The structural and functional importance of single amino acid residues

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 5917-5929

  Ziegelin, Günter ^a,b   Niedenzu, Timo ^b   Lurz, Rudi ^a   Saenger, Wolfram ^b   Lanka, Erich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; DIMER; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMIC ACID; HELICASE; HELICASE REPA; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRAND; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PUBLICATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALANINE; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0344874271     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg790     Document Type: Article

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