Origins of specificity in protein-DNA recognition

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue , 2010, Pages 233-269

  Rohs, Remo ^a,b   Jin, Xiangshu ^a,b   West, Sean M ^a,b   Joshi, Rohit ^b   Honig, Barry ^a,b   Mann, Richard S ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

direct readout; DNA base recognition; DNA shape recognition; indirect readout; narrow minor groove; protein DNA binding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA Z; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PROTEIN IHF; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TREFOIL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; PHAGE REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATA BANK; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

EID: 77950519937     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 00664154     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060408-091030     Document Type: Review

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