Single-molecule imaging of DNA curtains reveals mechanisms of KOPS sequence targeting by the DNA translocase FtsK

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6531-6536

  Lee, Ja Yil ^a   Finkelstein, Ilya J ^a   Crozat, Estelle ^b,c   Sherratt, David J ^b   Greene, Eric C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

ASCE translocase; DNA curtains; Hexameric ATPase; Single molecule; Target search

Indexed keywords

DNA; FTSK PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 84860204938     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201613109     Document Type: Article

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