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Abstract
Enzymes for DNA replication and recombination need to gain access to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) but ssDNA-binding proteins (SSBs) present an obstacle to the formation of enzyme-ssDNA replication and recombination complexes. A specialized class of SSBs, which we designate as recombination/replication mediator proteins (RMPs), promotes enzyme- ssDNA assembly by overcoming SSB inhibition. RMPs exhibit strong conservation of function across divergent species, and display species-specific interactions with SSB and enzymes to neutralize the SSB barrier to enzyme-ssDNA assembly.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10500302 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(99)01451-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Biochem Sci ISSN: 0968-0004 Impact factor: 13.807