The Arabidopsis B3 domain protein VERNALIZATION1 (VRN1) is involved in processes essential for development, with structural and mutational studies revealing its DNA-binding surface

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3198-3207

  King, Gordon J ^a   Chanson, Aurélie H ^a   McCallum, Emily J ^a,c   Ohme Takagi, Masaru ^a   Byriel, Karl ^a   Hill, Justine M ^a,b   Martin, Jennifer L ^a   Mylne, Joshua S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AIST4   (Japan)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BINDING; IN-PROCESS; IN-VITRO; TRIPLE MUTANTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY;

DNA;

MUTANT PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; SELENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VERNALIZATION1 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; HETERONUCLEAR SINGLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORTHOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; VERNALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA, PLANT; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84873318560     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.438572     Document Type: Article

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