EcoRV before cutting
PDB ID: 1RVARestriction enzymes cut DNA at specific nucleotide sequences, and are widely used in biotechnology. This structure shows a restriction enzyme from Escherichia coli with a small piece of DNA bound in the active site, before the cutting reaction has been performed. PDB entry 1rvc shows the complex after the reaction.
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Discussed Structures from Restriction Enzymes
EcoRI with DNA
EcoRV before cutting
EcoRV before cutting
Reference
PDB ID: 1RVA
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Kostrewa, D., Winkler, F.K. (1995) Mg2+ binding to the active site of EcoRV endonuclease: a crystallographic study of complexes with substrate and product DNA at 2 A resolution. Biochemistry 34: 683-96