Molecular basis for the subunit assembly of the primase from an archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1340-1351

  Ito, Nobutoshi ^a,b   Matsui, Ikuo ^c   Matsui, Eriko ^c  

^a Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; Primase; Pyrococcus horikoshii; Replication; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA PRIMASE; HETERODIMER; ISOLEUCINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ARCHAEA; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII;

EID: 33846953916     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05690.x     Document Type: Article

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