Crystal structure of 3WJ core revealing divalent ion-promoted thermostability and assembly of the Phi29 hexameric motor pRNA

RNA

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1226-1237

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Endrizzi, James A ^b   Shu, Yi ^a   Haque, Farzin ^a   Sauter, Claude ^c   Shlyakhtenko, Lyudmila S ^d   Lyubchenko, Yuri ^d   Guo, Peixuan ^a   Chi, Young In ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Metal ions; RNA crystal; RNA nanotechnology; RNA therapeutics; Three way junction

Indexed keywords

CONNECTOR PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PACKAGING RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAPSID PROTEIN; DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA PACKAGING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; THERMOSTABILITY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS CAPSID; WILD TYPE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR DOCKING; RNA STABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS PHAGE PHI29;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BINDING SITES; CAPSID PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA PACKAGING; DNA, VIRAL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, VIRAL; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84883203974     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.037077.112     Document Type: Article

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