Communication between subunits critical to DNA binding by hexameric helicase of bacteriophage T7

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 26, 2008, Pages 8908-8913

  Lee, Seung Joo ^a   Qimron, Udi ^a   Richardson, Charles C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA replication; Hydrogen bonding; Residue swappping; Subunit interaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; HELICASE; HYDROGEN; DNA PRIMASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; THYMIDINE 5'-TRIPHOSPHATE; THYMIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA PRIMASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; THYMINE NUCLEOTIDES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 48249141100     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802732105     Document Type: Article

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