Structural Basis for Binding of RNA and Cofactor by a KsgA Methyltransferase

Structure

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-385

  Tu, Chao ^a   Tropea, Joseph E ^a   Austin, Brian P ^a   Court, Donald L ^a   Waugh, David S ^a   Ji, Xinhua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

PROTEINS; RNA

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN KSGA; RNA; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUIFOLIACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; COENZYMES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; LIGANDS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS;

EID: 61449176110     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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