The energetic contribution of induced electrostatic asymmetry to DNA bending by a site-specific protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 406, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-312

  Hancock, Stephen P ^a   Hiller, David A ^b   Perona, John J ^b   Jen Jacobson, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

asymmetric phosphate neutralization; chiral methylphosphonate; electrostatic interactions; protein DNA recognition; restriction endonuclease

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SIMULATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79251594507     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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