The HhH domain of the human DNA repair protein XPF forms stable homodimers

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1551-1563

  Das, Devashish ^a   Tripsianes, Konstantinos ^a   Jaspers, Nicolaas G J ^b   Hoeijmakers, Jan H J ^b   Kaptein, Robert ^a   Boelens, Rolf ^a   Folkers, Gert E ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA binding domain; Helix hairpin helix motif; NMR; Nucleotide excision repair (NER); Protein stability; Structure determination

Indexed keywords

DNA REPAIR PROTEIN XPF; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1; HOMODIMER; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA STRAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCISION REPAIR; HELIX HAIRPIN HELIX MOTIF; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITROGEN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 39749127748     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.21635     Document Type: Article

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