Crystal structure of human CDC7 kinase in complex with its activator DBF4

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1101-1107

  Hughes, Siobhan ^a   Elustondo, Frédéric ^b   Di Fonzo, Andrea ^a   Leroux, Frédéric G ^b   Wong, Ai C ^b   Snijders, Ambrosius P ^a   Matthews, Stephen J ^c   Cherepanov, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC7 KINASE; PROTEIN DBF 4; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84869087642     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2404     Document Type: Article

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