Grip it and rip it: Structural mechanisms of DNA helicase substrate binding and unwinding

Protein Science

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1498-1507

  Bhattacharyya, Basudeb ^a,b   Keck, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

aromatic rich loops; helicase; molecular motor; nucleic acid; pins; wedges

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA HELICASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DNA;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA DENATURATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRUS;

BACTERIA; DNA; DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; VIRUSES;

EID: 84914691906     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2533     Document Type: Review

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