Testing the steric exclusion model for hexameric helicases: Substrate features that alter RNA-DNA unwinding by the transcription termination factor rho

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 5885-5895

  Walmacq, Céline ^a,b   Rahmouni, A Rachid ^a   Boudvillain, Marc ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RNA;

HEXAMERS; RNA-DNA UNWINDING; STERIC EFFECTS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR;

ENZYMES;

ADENINE; BIOTIN; DNA; HELICASE; HEXAMERIC HELICASE; NUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; OLIGOMER; RHO HELICASE; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; STREPTAVIDIN; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA HELIX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA HELIX; RNA UNWINDING; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STERIC EXCLUSION MODEL;

DNA; DNA HELICASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA; RNA HELICASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33646489157     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0600648     Document Type: Article

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