The zinc coordination site of the bacteriophage Mu translational activator protein, Com.

doi:10.1006/jmbi.1995.0178

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The zinc coordination site of the bacteriophage Mu translational activator protein, Com.

Journal of molecular biology - 7 Apr 1995

Witkowski R T, Hattman S, Newman L, Clark K, Tierney D L, Penner-Hahn J, McLendon G

Abstract excerpt

The bacteriophage Mu Com protein is a small "zinc finger-like" protein that binds a specific site in com-mom operon mRNA and activates translation of the mom open-reading-frame. Com contains six cysteine and five histidine residues that have the potential to form several alternative zinc-finger-l...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Bacteriophage mu
Base Sequence
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Protein Folding
RNA-Binding Proteins
Viral Proteins
Zinc Fingers

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