Conserved conformation of RecA protein after executing the DNA strand-exchange reaction. A site-specific linear dichroism structure study

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 37, 2006, Pages 11172-11178

  Frykholm, Karolin ^a   Morimatsu, Katsumi ^a   Nordén, Bengt ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONS; DNA; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTIC; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HELICAL FILAMENTS; NUCLEOPROTEIN FILAMENTS;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRAND EXCHANGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LINEAR DICHROISM; NONHUMAN; POLARIZED LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE SPECIFIC LINEAR DICHROISM; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33748771770     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi060621q     Document Type: Article

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