The hexameric structure of the human mitochondrial replicative helicase Twinkle

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4284-4295

  Fernández Millán, Pablo ^a,f   Lázaro, Melisa ^b   Canslz Arda, Şirin ^c   Gerhold, Joachim M ^c,g   Rajala, Nina ^d   Schmitz, Claus A ^a   Silva Espiña, Cristina ^a   Gil, David ^b   Bernadó, Pau ^e   Valle, Mikel ^b   Spelbrink, Johannes N ^c,d   Solà, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; RNA POLYMERASE; TWINKLE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC BINDING PROTEIN; C10ORF2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA HELICASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA REPLICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84930201449     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv189     Document Type: Article

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