Crystal structure of RecBCD enzyme reveals a machine for processing DNA breaks

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7014, 2004, Pages 187-193

  Singleton, Martin R ^a   Dillingham, Mark S ^b   Gaudier, Martin ^a   Kowalczykowski, Stephen C ^c   Wigley, Dale B ^a  

^a London Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; SUBSTRATES;

BIPOLAR HELICASE; DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA; GATING; NUCLEASE ACTIVITY;

ENZYMES;

HELICASE; RECA PROTEIN; RECB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; ENDONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 9144271294     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02988     Document Type: Article

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