Plasmid replication initiator RepB forms a hexamer reminiscent of ring helicases and has mobile nuclease domains

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1666-1678

  Boer, D Roeland ^a,b   Ruíz Masó, José A ^c   López Blanco, José R ^c   Blanco, Alexander G ^a,b   Vives llcer, Mireia ^a,b   Chacón, Pablo ^c   Usón, Isabel ^b,d   Gomis Rüth, F Xavier ^b   Espinosa, Manuel ^c   Llorca, Oscar ^c   Del Solar, Gloria ^c   Coll, Miquel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; Nuclease; Plasmid replication; Replication initiator; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; NUCLEASE; REPB ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA HELICASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 67349214924     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.125     Document Type: Article

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