Structural asymmetry in the Thermus thermophilus RuvC dimer suggests a basis for sequential strand cleavages during Holliday junction resolution

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 648-656

  Chen, Luan ^a   Shi, Ke ^a   Yin, Zhiqi ^a   Aihara, Hideki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CROSSOVER JUNCTION ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; HOMODIMER; PROTEIN RUVC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA, CRUCIFORM; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION RESOLVASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84871768754     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1015     Document Type: Article

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