1990
Identification of residues critical for the polymerase activity of the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I from Escherichia coli.
Polesky A, Steitz T, Grindley N, Joyce C. Identification of residues critical for the polymerase activity of the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I from Escherichia coli. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1990, 265: 14579-14591. PMID: 2201688, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)77342-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCluster of residuesIdentification of residuesSite-directed mutagenesisActive site residuesAmino acid residuesFuture mutational studiesImportant active site residuesDNA-binding propertiesActive site regionDNA polymerase IGenetic screenPosition 849Polymerase active siteMutant proteinsDNA substratesMutational studiesPolymerase IBiochemical experimentsSite residuesAcid residuesSite regionEscherichia coliPolymerase activityMutationsPolymerase reaction
1986
Analysis of gamma delta resolvase mutants in vitro: evidence for an interaction between serine-10 of resolvase and site I of res.
Hatfull G, Grindley N. Analysis of gamma delta resolvase mutants in vitro: evidence for an interaction between serine-10 of resolvase and site I of res. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1986, 83: 5429-5433. PMID: 3016704, PMCID: PMC386300, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.15.5429.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerine 10Resolvase mutantsRecombinational activitySite-specific recombination proteinsProtein-DNA complexesPosition 10Site-specific recombinationRecombination proteinsActive site serineMutant proteinsRecombinational crossover pointMutantsResolvaseRecombinational sitesLeucine changeSerineSite ICysteine changeGel electrophoresisSpecific defectsComplex formationCointegrate moleculeTransposon gamma deltaProteinDNA