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Functional visualization of viral molecular motor by hydrogen-deuterium exchange reveals transient states.
Nature structural & molecular biology - 1 May 2005
Lísal Jirí, Lam Tukiet T, Kainov Denis E, Emmett Mark R, Marshall Alan G, Tuma Roman
Abstract excerpt
Molecular motors undergo cyclical conformational changes and convert chemical energy into mechanical work. The conformational dynamics of a viral packaging motor, the hexameric helicase P4 of dsRNA bacteriophage phi8, was visualized by hydrogen-deuterium exchange and high-resolution mass spectrometry. Concerted changes of exchange kinetics revealed a cooperative unit that dynamically links ATP-binding sites and...
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