Studies on Protein: RNA Complexes - Softcover

Grimm, Steffen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639009479 ISBN 13: 9783639009477

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K., 2008

Synopsis

The central role of RNA in many cellular processes has created a high interest in the specific tasks RNA molecules and protein:RNA com­plexes perform in a cell. In this publication up-to-date experimental methods and protein:RNA interaction protocols were used to identify the native RNA binding motive and to characterize the key role of the protein ribosomal binding factor A(RbfA). To gain insights into the binding mode of RbfA to its target RNA, two RbfA constructs from Thermotoga maritima and Helicobacter pylori were employed. Comparison of the RbfA proteins with the published homologous structure from Escherichia coli, led to studies concerning the structural attributes between proteins from thermophilic and mesophilic sys­tems. The different chapters detail the biophysical and biochemical methods used to investigate the protein and protein:RNA structures and their function and the advances in understanding the biological processes in which the RbfA protein is involved in.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639009479
• ISBN 13: 9783639009477
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200