Sin resolvase catalytic activity and oligomerization state are tightly coupled

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 404, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-33

  Mouw, Kent W ^a   Steiner, Andrew M ^a   Ghirlando, Rodolfo ^c   Li, Nan Sheng ^a   Rowland, Sally J ^b   Boocock, Martin R ^b   Stark, W Marshall ^b   Piccirilli, Joseph A ^a   Rice, Phoebe A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

3 bridging phosphorothiolate modified DNA; DNA topology; Resolvase; Serine recombinase; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOROTHIOLATE; RESOLVASE; SIN RESOLVASE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE MUTATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 78049445548     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.057     Document Type: Article

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