NusA interaction with the α subunit of E. coli RNA polymerase is via the UP element site and releases autoinhibition

Structure

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 945-954

  Schweimer, Kristian ^a   Prasch, Stefan ^a   Sujatha, Pagadala Santhanam ^a   Bubunenko, Mikhail ^b,c   Gottesman, Max E ^d   Rösch, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN NUSA; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHO FACTOR; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79958701958     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: 18784186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2011.03.024     Document Type: Article

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