Structure and mechanism of the PilF DNA transformation ATPase from Thermus thermophilus

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 450, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 417-425

  Collins, Richard F ^a   Hassan, Darin ^a   Karuppiah, Vijaykumar ^a   Thistlethwaite, Angela ^a   Derrick, Jeremy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATPase; Cryoelectron microscopy; DNA transformation; Pilus biogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PILF ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA BINDING; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84874074962     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20121599     Document Type: Article

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