Difference FTIR studies reveal nitrogen-containing amino acid side chains are involved in the allosteric regulation of RecA

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 9733-9745

  Schwartz, Catherine M ^a   Drown, Penny M ^a   MacDonald, Gina ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; DNA SEQUENCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATIONS; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC RECOMBINATIONS; ISOTOPIC SUBSTITUTIONS;

AMINO ACIDS;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; NITROGEN; RECA PROTEIN;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACIDS; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMINE; HYDROLYSIS; LYSINE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 22244486662     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi047362u     Document Type: Article

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