The MobM relaxase domain of plasmid pMV158: Thermal stability and activity upon Mn 2+ and specific DNA binding

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4315-4329

  Lorenzo Díaz, Fabián ^a   Dostál, Lubomir ^b   Coll, Miquel ^c,d   Schildbach, Joel F ^b   Menéndez, Margarita ^e   Espinosa, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; MONOMER; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN MOBM; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MOBM PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; INVERTED REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STABILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THERMOSTABILITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME STABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE;

MOBALA VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ENZYME STABILITY; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79961226609     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr049     Document Type: Article

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