Bacterial DUF199/COG1481 proteins including sporulation regulator WhiA are distant homologs of LAGLIDADG homing endonucleases that retained only DNA binding

Cell Cycle

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1666-1670

  Knizewski, Lukasz ^a   Ginalski, Krzysztof ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

COG1481; Distant homology detection; DUF199; LAGLIDADG homing endonuclease; Sporulation; Transcriptional regulator; WhiA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE LAGLIDADG; PROTEIN COG1481; PROTEIN DUF199; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548294817     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.6.13.4471     Document Type: Letter

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