La estructura tridimensional de la proteína FIS de unión al ADN de E. coli

D Kostrewa1, J Granzin, C Koch

  • 1Institut für Kristallographie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Nature
|January 10, 1991
PubMed
Resumen

El Factor de Estimulación de Inversión (FIS) se une a los potenciadores del ADN para ayudar a la recombinación específica del sitio. El análisis de rayos X revela que los dímeros FIS tienen motivos de hélice-giro-hélice, lo que sugiere que la flexión del ADN es crucial para la unión y la función.

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