Thermus thermophilus MutS2, a MutS Paralogue, Possesses an Endonuclease Activity Promoted by MutL

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-384

  Fukui, Kenji ^b   Masui, Ryoji ^a,b   Kuramitsu, Seiki ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Mismatch; MutS2; Small MutS related domain; Thermus thermophilus

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN MUTS;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; THERMUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 1942488240     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvh045     Document Type: Article

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