The RNA polymerase bridge helix YFI motif in catalysis, fidelity and translocation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1829, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-198

  Nedialkov, Yuri A ^a,b   Opron, Kristopher ^a   Assaf, Fadi ^a   Artsimovitch, Irina ^c   Kireeva, Maria L ^d   Kashlev, Mikhail ^d   Cukier, Robert I ^e   Nudler, Evgeny ^b   Burton, Zachary F ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridge helix; Pausing; RNA polymerase; Termination; Transcriptional fidelity; Translocation

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84872407990     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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