Crystal structure of the Mre11-Rad50-ATPγS complex: Understanding the interplay between Mre11 and Rad50

Genes and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1091-1104

  Lim, Hye Seong ^a   Kim, Jin Seok ^a   Park, Young Bong ^a   Gwon, Gwang Hyeon ^a   Cho, Yunje ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DNA damage signaling; DNA repair; Genomic stability; Mre11 Rad50; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DIMER; MRE11 PROTEIN; RAD50 PROTEIN;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; HYDROLYSIS; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 79956301873     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.2037811     Document Type: Article

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