Engineering the loop region of a homeodomain-leucine zipper protein promotes efficient binding to a monomeric DNA binding site

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 50, 2004, Pages 15845-15851

  Iron, Adriana E ^a   Welchen, Elina ^a   Gonzalez, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; DNA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONOMERS; MUTAGENESIS;

CHIMERAS; HOMEDOMAIN-LEUCINE ZIPPER (HD-ZIP) PROTEINS; SINGLE MUTATION;

PROTEINS;

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MONOMER;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SUNFLOWER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 10844296697     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048254a     Document Type: Article

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