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Carboxyl terminal region of the MukB protein in Escherichia coli is essential for DNA binding activity.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Oct 1996
Saleh A Z, Yamanaka K, Niki H, Ogura T, Yamazoe M, Hiraga S
Abstract excerpt
The purified MukB protein of Escherichia coli has DNA binding activity and nucleotide binding activity. We have isolated a mutation, mukB1013, causing a substitution of valine at position 1379 to leucine. This mutant MukB protein was defective for DNA binding, while the ATP binding activity remained unaffected. A truncated MukB protein that is short of 109 amino acids from the C-terminus failed to bind DNA.
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