Structure of the La motif: A winged helix domain mediates RNA binding via a conserved aromatic patch

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1000-1007

  Dong, Gang ^a   Chakshusmathi, Ghadiyaram ^a   Wolin, Sandra L ^a   Reinisch, Karin M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

La autoantigen; RNA binding protein; RNA protein interactions; tRNA processing; Winged helix domain

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; EXONUCLEASE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HYDROXYL GROUP; LA ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HYDROXYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 1842419667     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600115     Document Type: Article

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