Crystal structure of the phosphorolytic exoribonuclease RNase PH from Bacillus subtilis and implications for its quaternary structure and tRNA binding

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 668-677

  Harlow, Lene S ^a   Kadziola, Anders ^b   Jensen, Kaj Frank ^a   Larsen, Sine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Maturation of tRNA; Ribonuclease; RNase PH; tRNA precursor

Indexed keywords

DIMER; EXORIBONUCLEASE; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBONUCLEASE PH; RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; RNA METABOLISM; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS; WILD TYPE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARGININE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXORIBONUCLEASES; GLUTAMINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; POINT MUTATION; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; SYNCHROTRONS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES ANTIBIOTICUS;

EID: 1342331853     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.03477004     Document Type: Article

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