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Intersubunit allosteric communication mediated by a conserved loop in the MCM helicase
被引:35
作者:
Barry, Elizabeth R.
[1
,2
]
Lovett, Janet E.
[3
]
Costa, Alessandro
[1
]
Lea, Susan M.
[1
]
Bell, Stephen D.
[1
]
机构:
[1] Univ Oxford, Sir William Dunn Sch Pathol, Oxford OX2 6NA, England
[2] Hutchison MRC Ctr, MRC Canc Cell Unit, Cambridge CB2 0XZ, England
[3] Univ Oxford, Inorgan Chem Lab, Ctr Adv ESR, Oxford OX1 3QR, England
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基金:
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词:
archaea;
DNA replication;
AAA plus protein;
Sulfolobus;
REPLICATIVE HEXAMERIC HELICASE;
ARCHAEAL MCM;
DNA;
MECHANISM;
PROTEIN;
COMPLEX;
TRANSLOCATION;
DOMAINS;
D O I:
10.1073/pnas.0809192106
中图分类号:
O [数理科学和化学];
P [天文学、地球科学];
Q [生物科学];
N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号:
07 ;
0710 ;
09 ;
摘要:
The minichromosome maintenance (MCM) helicase is the presumptive replicative helicase in archaea and eukaryotes. The archaeal homomultimeric MCM has a two-tier structure. One tier contains the AAA+ motor domains of the proteins, and these are the minimal functional helicase domains. The second tier is formed by the N-terminal domains. These domains are not essential for MCM helicase activity but act to enhance the processivity of the helicase. We reveal that a conserved loop facilitates communication between processivity and motor tiers. Interestingly, this allostery seems to be mediated by interactions between, rather than within, individual protomers in the MCM ring.
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页码:1051 / 1056
页数:6
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