Ribosomal Interaction of Bacillus stearothermophilus Translation Initiation Factor IF2: Characterization of the Active Sites

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-129

  Caserta, Enrico ^a,b   Ferrara, Carlotta ^b   Milon, Pohl ^a   Fabbretti, Attilio ^a,b   Rocchetti, Alessandra ^a   Tomšic, Jerneja ^a,b   Pon, Cynthia L ^a   Gualerzi, Claudio O ^a   La Teana, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

dominant lethal suppression; GTPase; initiation dipeptide; molecular hinge; protein modules

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INITIATION FACTOR 2;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 74649084177     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.11.026     Document Type: Article

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