Visualizing phosphodiester-bond hydrolysis by an endonuclease

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-72

  Molina, Rafael ^a   Stella, Stefano ^a,b   Redondo, Pilar ^a   Gomez, Hansel ^c   Marcaida, María José ^a,e   Orozco, Modesto ^c,d   Prieto, Jesús ^a   Montoya, Guillermo ^a,b  

^a Centro Nacional de Investigations Oncológicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; LIQUID NITROGEN; MANGANESE; METAL DERIVATIVE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; WATER; DNA; ESTER;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESULFUROCOCCUS MOBILIS; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRAND; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; METAL BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION TIME; TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DESULFUROCOCCACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

DESULFUROCOCCUS MOBILIS;

DESULFUROCOCCACEAE; DNA; ENDONUCLEASES; ESTERS; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84923072898     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2932     Document Type: Article

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