3-A resolution structure of a protein with histone-like properties in prokaryotes.
Tanaka I., Appelt K., Dijk J., White S.W., Wilson K.S.
The 3-A structure of DNA-binding protein II, which exhibits histone-like properties in bacteria, has been determined. The molecule is dimeric and appears to bind to the phosphate backbone of DNA through two symmetry-related arms. A mechanism by which the protein induces DNA supercoiling is proposed.
Nature 310:376-381(1984) [ PubMed | SRS | CiteXplore ]
