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Biochemical Assays for Analyzing Activities of ATP-dependent Chromatin Remodeling Enzymes
Published on: October 25, 2014
A subunit of human nuclear RNase P has ATPase activity
1Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Abstract:
Human nuclear RNase P purified from HeLa cells has ATPase activity. This activity is associated with one of the protein subunits of the enzyme, Rpp20. Thus, human nuclear RNase P, which contains several proteins and one essential RNA, has at least one other enzymatic activity in addition to cleavage of phosphoester bonds in RNA. The amino acid sequence of Rpp20 has a signature motif found in an ATPase-containing subunit of a family of protein complexes (ABC transporters) that mediate a variety of trans-membrane traffic, as well as a segment, DIxxN, that resembles the DEAD box motif of many ATPases: together, these might represent an ATPase signature motif.
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