The crystal structures of Lactococcus lactis MG1363 Dps proteins reveal the presence of an N-terminal helix that is required for DNA binding

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1101-1112

  Stillman, Timothy J ^a   Upadhyay, Manisha ^a   Norte, Valia A ^a   Sedelnikova, Svetlana E ^a   Carradus, Maria ^a   Tzokov, Svetomir ^a   Bullough, Per A ^a   Shearman, Claire A ^b   Gasson, Michael J ^b   Williams, Colin H ^a   Artymiuk, Peter J ^a   Green, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATION; DPS PROTEIN; EDETIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLUTIONS;

BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; COLI BACILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 23744485146     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04757.x     Document Type: Article

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