Conformational transitions of proteins engaged in DNA double-strand break repair, analysed by tryptophan fluorescence emission and FRET

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 443, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 701-709

  Stankova, Katia ^a   Ivanova, Katia ^a   Mladenov, Emil ^b   Rosidi, Bustanur ^b,c   Sharma, Aparna ^b   Boteva, Rayna ^a   Iliakis, George ^b  

^a National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

DNA ligase; DNA repair protein; F rster resonance energy transfer (FRET); Ku; Non homologous end joining (NHEJ); Poly(ADP ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP 1)

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; KU ANTIGEN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE III; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE IV; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XRCC4 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; FIELD EMISSION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPAIR; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84860135976     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20112151     Document Type: Article

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