Structural basis for the specialization of Nur, a nickel-specific Fur homolog, in metal sensing and DNA recognition

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3442-3451

  An, Young Jun ^a,b   Ahn, Bo Eun ^c   Han, A Reum ^c   Kim, Hae Mi ^c   Chung, Kyung Min ^d   Shin, Jung Ho ^c   Cho, Yoo Bok ^c   Roe, Jung Hye ^c   Cha, Sun Shin ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; NICKEL; PALINDROMIC DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NICKEL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 67249103599     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp198     Document Type: Article

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