Structural and functional analyses of five conserved positively charged residues in the L1 and N-terminal DNA binding motifs of archaeal RadA protein

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Chen, Li Tzu ^a,b   Ko, Tzu Ping ^b   Chang, Yu Wei ^a,b   Lin, Kuei An ^b   Wang, Andrew H J ^a,b,c   Wang, Ting Fang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ARCHAEAL RADA; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; Y BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1; ARCHAEAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RADA PROTEIN, ARCHAEAL; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA STRAND; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ARCHAEA;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 38049024946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000858     Document Type: Article

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