2-aminopurine as a fluorescent probe of DNA conformation and the DNA–enzyme interface

AC Jones, RK Neely - Quarterly reviews of biophysics, 2015 - cambridge.org
Nearly 50 years since its potential as a fluorescent base analogue was first recognized, 2-
aminopurine (2AP) continues to be the most widely used fluorescent probe of DNA structure …

Accurate prediction of protein function using statistics-informed graph networks

YJ Jang, QQ Qin, SY Huang, ATJ Peter… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding protein function is pivotal in comprehending the intricate mechanisms that
underlie many crucial biological activities, with far-reaching implications in the fields of …

Sequence, structure and functional diversity of PD-(D/E) XK phosphodiesterase superfamily

K Steczkiewicz, A Muszewska, L Knizewski… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Proteins belonging to PD-(D/E) XK phosphodiesterases constitute a functionally diverse
superfamily with representatives involved in replication, restriction, DNA repair and tRNA …

[图书][B] DNA and RNA modification enzymes: structure, mechanism, function and evolution

H Grosjean - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
This volume is a timely and comprehensive description of the many facets of DNA and RNA
modification-editing processes and to some extent repair mechanisms. Each chapter offers …

Crystal structure and mechanism of action of the N6-methyladenine-dependent type IIM restriction endonuclease R. DpnI

W Siwek, H Czapinska, M Bochtler… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
DNA methylation-dependent restriction enzymes have many applications in genetic
engineering and in the analysis of the epigenetic state of eukaryotic genomes. Nevertheless …

Defining the Role of Nucleotide Flipping in Enzyme Specificity Using 19F NMR

BJ Dow, SS Malik, AC Drohat - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A broad range of proteins employ nucleotide flipping to recognize specific sites in nucleic
acids, including DNA glycosylases, which remove modified nucleobases to initiate base …

Structure of the EndoMS-DNA complex as mismatch restriction endonuclease

S Nakae, A Hijikata, T Tsuji, K Yonezawa, K Kouyama… - Structure, 2016 - cell.com
Archaeal NucS nuclease was thought to degrade the single-stranded region of branched
DNA, which contains flapped and splayed DNA. However, recent findings indicated that …

On the divalent metal ion dependence of DNA cleavage by restriction endonucleases of the EcoRI family

V Pingoud, W Wende, P Friedhoff, M Reuter… - Journal of molecular …, 2009 - Elsevier
Restriction endonucleases of the PD… D/EXK family need Mg2+ for DNA cleavage.
Whereas Mg2+ (or Mn2+) promotes catalysis, Ca2+ (without Mg2+) only supports DNA …

Statistical analysis of structural determinants for protein–DNA‐binding specificity

RI Corona, J Guo - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT DNA‐binding proteins play critical roles in biological processes including gene
expression, DNA packaging and DNA repair. They bind to DNA target sequences with …

Structure and cleavage activity of the tetrameric MspJI DNA modification-dependent restriction endonuclease

JR Horton, MY Mabuchi, D Cohen-Karni… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The MspJI modification-dependent restriction endonuclease recognizes 5-methylcytosine or
5-hydroxymethylcytosine in the context of CNN (G/A) and cleaves both strands at fixed …