A tethered delivery mechanism explains the catalytic action of a microtubule polymerase

eLife

Volumn 3, Issue August2014, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Ayaz, Pelin ^a,b   Munyoki, Sarah ^a,b   Geyer, Elisabeth A ^a,b   Piedra, Felipe Andrés ^a,b   Vu, Emily S ^a,b   Bromberg, Raquel ^a,b   Otwinowski, Zbyszek ^a,b   Grishin, Nick V ^a,b,c   Brautigam, Chad A ^a   Rice, Luke M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE POLYMERASE; PLASMID VECTOR; STU2P PROTEIN; TOG1 PROTEIN; TOG2 PROTEIN; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; STU2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TUBULIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN; XMAP215 PROTEIN, XENOPUS;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84908330392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.03069     Document Type: Article

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