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Trapping distinct structural states of a protein/DNA interaction through disulfide crosslinking.
Chemistry & biology - 1 Dec 2002
He Chuan, Verdine Gregory L
Abstract excerpt
The N-terminal domain of the Escherichia coli Ada protein (N-Ada) repairs methyl phosphotriesters in DNA through a zinc-mediated transfer to Cys38 of the protein. Methylation of Cys38 enhances the sequence-specific DNA affinity of N-Ada by approximately 1000-fold, thereby enabling the protein to activate the genes of a methylation-resistance regulon. It is of interest to understand the structural basis for...
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