Metal ion as both a cofactor and a probe of metal-binding sites in a uranyl-specific DNAzyme: A uranyl photocleavage study

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 9361-9370

  Cepeda Plaza, Marjorie ^a   Null, Eric L ^a   Lu, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; DEOXYRIBOZYME; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; URANYL PHOTOCLEAVAGE;

BINDING SITES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COENZYMES; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA, CATALYTIC; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOTOLYSIS; URANIUM;

EID: 84890016868     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt694     Document Type: Article

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