dnaN
dnaN is the gene that codes for the DNA clamp (also known as β sliding clamp) of DNA polymerase III in prokaryotes.[2][3] The β clamp physically locks Pol III onto a DNA strand during replication to help increase its processivity.[4] The eukaryotic equivalent to the β clamp is PCNA.
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References
- ↑ PDB 1MMI; Oakley AJ, Prosselkov P, Wijffels G, Beck JL, Wilce MC, Dixon NE (July 2003). "Flexibility revealed by the 1.85 Å crystal structure of the beta sliding-clamp subunit of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III". Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. 59 (Pt 7): 1192–9. doi:10.1107/S0907444903009958. PMID 12832762.
- ↑ Ohmori H, Kimura M, Nagata T, Sakakibara Y (May 1984). "Structural analysis of the dnaA and dnaN genes of Escherichia coli". Gene 28 (2): 159–70. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(84)90253-1. PMID 6234204.
- ↑ Armengod ME, García-Sogo M, Lambíes E (August 1988). "Transcriptional organization of the dnaN and recF genes of Escherichia coli K-12". J. Biol. Chem. 263 (24): 12109–14. PMID 2841344.
- ↑ Stukenberg PT, Studwell-Vaughan PS, O'Donnell M (June 1991). "Mechanism of the sliding beta-clamp of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme". J. Biol. Chem. 266 (17): 11328–34. PMID 2040637.
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| Description |
- Gene expression
- DNA
- replication
- cycle
- recombination
- repair
- binding proteins
- Transcription
- factors
- regulators
- nucleic acids
- RNA
- RNA binding proteins
- ribonucleoproteins
- repeated sequence
- modification
- Translation
- ribosome
- modification
- nexins
- Proteins
- domains
- Structure
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- secondary
- tertiary
- quaternary
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- Replication and repair
- Transcription factor
- Transcription
- Translation
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