Inhibition of Escherichia coli RNAp by T7 Gp2 protein: Role of negatively charged strip of amino acid residues in Gp2

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 407, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 623-632

  Sheppard, Carol ^a   Cámara, Beatriz ^a   Shadrin, Andrey ^b,c,d   Akulenko, Natalia ^c,d   Liu, Minhao ^a   Baldwin, Geoff ^a   Severinov, Konstantin ^c,d   Cota, Ernesto ^a   Matthews, Steve ^a   Wigneshweraraj, Siva R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SKRYABIN INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

bacteriophage T7; RNA polymerase; RNA polymerase inhibitor; T7 Gp2; transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79952735390     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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