| Literature DB >> 17704817 |
Sebastian Klinge1, Judy Hirst, Joseph D Maman, Torsten Krude, Luca Pellegrini.
Abstract
Primases synthesize the RNA primers that are necessary for replication of the parental DNA strands. Here we report that the heterodimeric archaeal/eukaryotic primase is an iron-sulfur (Fe-S) protein. Binding of the Fe-S cluster is mediated by an evolutionarily conserved domain at the C terminus of the large subunit. We further show that the Fe-S domain is essential to the unique ability of the eukaryotic primase to start DNA replication.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17704817 PMCID: PMC2268749 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1288
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Struct Mol Biol ISSN: 1545-9985 Impact factor: 15.369