Crystal structure of DNA recombination protein RuvA and a model for its binding to the Holliday junction

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作者
Rafferty, JB
Sedelnikova, SE
Hargreaves, D
Artymiuk, PJ
Baker, PJ
Sharples, GJ
Mahdi, AA
Lloyd, RG
Rice, DW
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[1] UNIV SHEFFIELD, KREBS INST, DEPT MOL BIOL & BIOTECHNOL, SHEFFIELD S10 2TN, S YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND
[2] UNIV NOTTINGHAM, QUEENS MED CTR, DEPT GENET, NOTTINGHAM NG7 2UH, ENGLAND
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英国惠康基金;
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10.1126/science.274.5286.415
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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];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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The Escherichia coli DNA binding protein RuvA acts in concert with the helicase RuvB to drive branch migration of Holliday intermediates during recombination and DNA repair. The atomic structure of RuvA was determined at a resolution of 1.9 angstroms. Four monomers of RuvA are related by fourfold symmetry in a manner reminiscent of a four-petaled flower. The four DNA duplex arms of a Holliday junction can be modeled in a square planar configuration and docked into grooves on the concave surface of the protein around a central pin that may facilitate strand separation during the migration reaction. The model presented reveals how a RuvAB-junction complex may also accommodate the resolvase RuvC.
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