Structure of the Q237W mutant of Hhal DNA methyltransferase: An insight into protein-protein interactions

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 385, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 373-379

  Dong, Aiping ^a,c   Zhou, Lan ^a,d   Zhang, Xing ^a   Stickel, Shawn ^b   Roberts, Richard J ^b   Cheng, Xiaodong ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Office of Information Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA methyltransferase; Evolutionary link; Protein protein interactions; Type I and II restriction modification systems

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; POINT MUTATION; PROTEINS; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (CYTOSINE-SPECIFIC);

EID: 2942706016     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2004.041     Document Type: Article

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