Specific interaction of zinc finger protein Com with RNA and the crystal structure of a self-complementary RNA duplex recognized by Com.

The bacteriophage Mu Com is a small zinc finger protein that binds to its cognate mom mRNA and activates its translation. The Mom protein, in turn, elicits a chemical modification (momification) of the bacteriophage genome, rendering the DNA resistant to cleavage by bacterial restriction endonucleas...

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Main Authors: Martyna Nowacka, Humberto Fernandes, Agnieszka Kiliszek, Agata Bernat, Grzegorz Lach, Janusz M Bujnicki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214481