STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF RECA-DNA COMPLEXES

被引:63
作者
STASIAK, A [1 ]
EGELMAN, EH [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MINNESOTA, SCH MED, DEPT CELL BIOL & NEUROANAT, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55455 USA
来源
EXPERIENTIA | 1994年 / 50卷 / 03期
关键词
RECA; RECA-DNA COMPLEXES; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; RAD51; PROTEIN; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS;
D O I
10.1007/BF01924002
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
While the E. coli RecA protein has been the most intensively studied enzyme of homologous recombination, the unusual RecA-DNA filament has stood alone until very recently. It now appears that this protein is part of a universal family that spans all of biology, and the filament that is formed by the protein on DNA is a universal structure. With RecA's role in recombination given new and greatly increased significance, we focus in this review on the energetics of the RecA-mediated strand exchange and the relation between the energetics and recombination spanning heterologous inserts.
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页码:192 / 203
页数:12
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