High-resolution crystal structures of the MutY catalytic core (cMutY), the complex with bound adenine, and designed ... and supporting a specific DNA binding orientation by MutY and structurally ...

1). To recognize adenine residues in the two hairpins, pockets have evolved at different locations in the β-sheet binding surface of the two proteins. Figure 1: Structure of the PP7 coat protein ...

(Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 3.0) The most common type of base pairing is the Watson-Crick base pair, named after James Watson and Francis Crick, who first proposed the double helix structure of ...

The structures revealed that ... binding site within the NTT protein. The binding of ATP involves extensive interactions ...