Local Rather than Global Folding Enables the Lead-dependent Activity of the 8-17 Deoxyribozyme: Evidence from Contact Photo-crosslinking

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 395, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-241

  Liu, Yong ^a   Sen, Dipankar ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

contact crosslinking; deoxyribozyme; global folding; lead cofactor; local folding

Indexed keywords

8 17 DEOXYRIBOZYME; BUFFER; DEOXYRIBOZYME; LEAD; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IONIC STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA CLEAVAGE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 73149112605     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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