Structural insights into the mechanism and evolution of the vaccinia virus mRNA cap N7 methyl-transferase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 4913-4925

  De La Pẽa, Marcos ^a,b   Kyrieleis, Otto J P ^a   Cusack, Stephen ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^b Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Methyl transferase; mRNA capping enzyme; Poxvirus; S adenosyl homocysteine; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA CAPPING; VACCINIA VIRUS;

ALLOSTERIC SITE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA CAPS; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

POXVIRIDAE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 36549088581     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601912     Document Type: Article

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