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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
38
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus minichromosomal maintenance protein (mtMCM) is a 75 kDa protein that self-assembles into a double hexamer structure. The double hexamer formed by the N-terminal region of mtMCM has a highly charged (overwhelmingly net positive) inner channel. Here we investigate the effects of point mutations of some of these charged residues on the biological activities of mtMCM. Although all of the mutants were similar to the wild type in protein folding and complex assembly, we found that mutations impaired helicase activity. The study of the DNA binding and ATPase activities of these mutants revealed that the impairment of the helicase activity was highly correlated with a decrease in DNA binding, providing evidence consistent with the role of these charged residues of the inner channel in interactions with DNA.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1520-4995
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9981-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of amino acids important for the biochemical activity of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus MCM.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-2910, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article