Structure of the hexameric HerA ATPase reveals a mechanism of translocation-coupled DNA-end processing in archaea

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rzechorzek, Neil J ^a   Blackwood, John K ^a   Bray, Sian M ^a   Maman, Joseph D ^a   Pellegrini, Luca ^a   Robinson, Nicholas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; HELICASE; HERA ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUCLEASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; OPERON; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA, ARCHAEAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84923340808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6506     Document Type: Article

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