Surface salt bridges modulate the DNA site size of bacterial histone-like HU proteins
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Surface salt bridges modulate the DNA site size of bacterial histone-like HU proteins.
Bacterial histone-like DNA-binding proteins are best known for their role in compacting the genomic DNA. Of these proteins, HU is ubiquitous and highly conserved across the eubacterial kingdom. Using the HBsu (Bacillus subtilis-encoded HU homologue) as a model, we explore here the molecular basis for the ability of some HU homologues to engage a longer approx. 35 bp DNA site as opposed to the m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0264-6021,1470-8728
DOI: 10.1042/bj20050274