Molecular structure of the ParM polymer and the mechanism leading to its nucleotide-driven dynamic instability

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 570-579

  Popp, David ^a   Narita, Akihiro ^a   Oda, Toshiro ^a   Fujisawa, Tetsuro ^b   Matsuo, Hiroshi ^a   Nitanai, Yasushi ^a   Iwasa, Mitsusada ^a   Maeda, Kayo ^a   Onishi, Hirofumi ^a   Maéda, Yuichiro ^a,c  

^a RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GTPase; Left handed helix; Molecular switch; ParM

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; PARM PROTEIN; POLYMER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL; GENE SEGREGATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACTINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 38949129203     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601978     Document Type: Article

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