Structure of a Eukaryotic RNase III Postcleavage Complex Reveals a Double-Ruler Mechanism for Substrate Selection

Molecular Cell

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 431-444

  Liang, Yu He ^a   Lavoie, Mathieu ^b   Comeau, Marc Andre ^b   Elela, Sherif Abou ^b   Ji, Xinhua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE III;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84899935773     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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