Crystal structures of the SAM-III/SMK riboswitch reveal the SAM-dependent translation inhibition mechanism

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1076-1083

  Lu, Changrui ^a   Smith, Angela M ^b   Fuchs, Ryan T ^b   Ding, Fang ^a   Rajashankar, Kanagalaghatta ^c   Henkin, Tina M ^b   Ke, Ailong ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE MK BOX; SULFONIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSWITCH; RNA BINDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENES, REPORTER; METHIONINE ADENOSYLTRANSFERASE; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOBACILLALES;

EID: 53549089576     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1494     Document Type: Article

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