Structural basis of HutP-mediated anti-termination and roles of the Mg 2+ ion and L-histidine ligand

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7030, 2005, Pages 183-191

  Kumarevel, Thirumananseri ^a   Mizuno, Hiroshi ^b,c   Kumar, Penmetcha K R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENES; IONS; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS; RNA;

ANTI-TERMINATION MECHANISM; HEXAMERIC SURFACE; HUT STRUCTURAL GENES; ION INTERACTION;

MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTIDINE; LIGAND; MAGNESIUM ION; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN HUTP; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROSTATICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HISTIDINE; LIGANDS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 15044358350     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03355     Document Type: Article

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