3-Å resolution structure of a protein with histone-like properties in prokaryotes
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 310 (5976) , 376-381
- https://doi.org/10.1038/310376a0
Abstract
The 3-.ANG. structure of DNA-binding protein II, which exhibits histone-like properties in bacteria, was determined. The molecule is dimeric and appears to bind to the phosphate backbone of DNA through 2 symmetry-related arms. A mechanism by which the protein induces DNA supercoiling is proposed.Keywords
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