2 April 2001

Biol 6312

Thermal Stability of Citrate Synthase

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J Mol Biol 2000 Dec 8;304(4):657-68 Medline Full text
Thermostability and thermoactivity of citrate synthases from the thermophilic and hyperthermophilic archaea, Thermoplasma acidophilum and Pyrococcus furiosus.
Arnott MA, Michael RA, Thompson CR, Hough DW, Danson MJ

Biochemistry 1997 Aug 19;36(33):9983-94 Medline
The crystal structure of citrate synthase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon pyrococcus furiosus at 1.9 A resolution,.
Russell RJ, Ferguson JM, Hough DW, Danson MJ, Taylor GL

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Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2001 Mar;65(1):1-43 Medline Full text by subscription
Hyperthermophilic enzymes: sources, uses, and molecular mechanisms for thermostability.
Vieille C, Zeikus GJ

TATA Binding Protein

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J Mol Biol 1996 Aug 16;261(2):239-54 Medline Full text
How proteins recognize the TATA box.
Juo ZS, Chiu TK, Leiberman PM, Baikalov I, Berk AJ, Dickerson RE

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996 May 14;93(10):4862-7 Medline
Crystal structure of a human TATA box-binding protein/TATA element complex.
Nikolov DB, Chen H, Halay ED, Hoffman A, Roeder RG, Burley SK

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997 Jun 10;94(12):6042-7 Medline Full text
The 2.1-A crystal structure of an archaeal preinitiation complex: TATA-box-binding protein/transcription factor (II)B core/TATA-box.
Kosa PF, Ghosh G, DeDecker BS, Sigler PB

Nat Struct Biol 1994 Sep;1(9):638-53 Medline
1.9 A resolution refined structure of TBP recognizing the minor groove of TATAAAAG.
Kim JL, Burley SK

Nature 1996 May 9;381(6578):127-51 Medline
Crystal structure of a yeast TFIIA/TBP/DNA complex.
Tan S, Hunziker Y, Sargent DF, Richmond TJ

Nature 1995 Sep 14;377(6545):119-28 Medline
Crystal structure of a TFIIB-TBP-TATA-element ternary complex.
Nikolov DB, Chen H, Halay ED, Usheva AA, Hisatake K, Lee DK, Roeder RG, Burley SK

Nature 1993 Oct 7;365(6446):512-20 Medline
Crystal structure of a yeast TBP/TATA-box complex.
Kim Y, Geiger JH, Hahn S, Sigler PB

Science 1996 May 10;272(5263):830-6 Medline
Crystal structure of the yeast TFIIA/TBP/DNA complex.
Geiger JH, Hahn S, Lee S, Sigler PB