Structures and organisation of AAA+ enhancer binding proteins in transcriptional activation

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 190-199

  Schumacher, Jörg ^a   Joly, Nicolas ^a   Rappas, Mathieu ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Buck, Martin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AAA+ family; Energy coupling; Enhancer binding proteins; Sigma54; Transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

AAA+ ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIS ISOMER; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANS ISOMER; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 33749256408     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.01.006     Document Type: Review

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