Thermodynamics of b-HLH-LZ protein binding to DNA: The energetic importance of protein-DNA contacts in site-specific E-box recognition by the complete gene product of the max p21 transcription factor

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 43, 2007, Pages 12427-12440

  Meier Andrejszki, Laura ^a   Bjelić, Saša ^a   Naud, Jean François ^b   Lavigne, Pierre ^b   Jelesarov, Ilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING AFFINITY; HETERODIMERIZATION CONSTANTS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

CELL PROLIFERATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PROTEINS;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; HOMODIMER; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN MAD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAX P21; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; E BOX ELEMENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 35648933883     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi701081q     Document Type: Article

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