Internal disulfide bond acts as a switch for intein activity

Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 5920-5927

  Nicastri, Michael C ^a   Xega, Kristina ^a   Li, Lingyun ^b   Xie, Jian ^b   Wang, Chunyu ^b   Linhardt, Robert J ^b   Reitter, Julie N ^a   Mills, Kenneth V ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYS RESIDUES; DIFFERENTIAL ACTIVITY; DISULFIDE BONDS; DNA POLYMERASE; E. COLI; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES; PROTEIN-SPLICING;

COVALENT BONDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

PROTEINS;

CYSTEINE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; INTEIN;

ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCULLEUS MARISNIGRI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

CYSTEINE; DISULFIDES; DNA POLYMERASE II; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXTEINS; INTEINS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN SPLICING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84883228193     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi400736c     Document Type: Article

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