2ziv

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<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2ziv]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danio_rerio Danio rerio]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2ZIV OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2ZIV FirstGlance]. <br>

</td></tr><tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[2ziu|2ziu]], [[2ziw|2ziw]], [[2zix|2zix]]</td></tr>

<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">mus81 ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=7955 Danio rerio]), EME1 ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=7955 Danio rerio])</td></tr>

<tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2ziv FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2ziv OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2ziv RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2ziv PDBsum]</span></td></tr>

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</jmol>, as determined by [http://consurfdb.tau.ac.il/ ConSurfDB]. You may read the [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary|explanation]] of the method and the full data available from [http://bental.tau.ac.il/new_ConSurfDB/chain_selection.php?pdb_ID=2ata ConSurf].

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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

The Mus81-Eme1 complex is a structure-specific endonuclease that plays an important role in rescuing stalled replication forks and resolving the meiotic recombination intermediates in eukaryotes. We have determined the crystal structure of the Mus81-Eme1 complex. Both Mus81 and Eme1 consist of a central nuclease domain, two repeats of the helix-hairpin-helix (HhH) motif at their C-terminal region, and a linker helix. While each domain structure resembles archaeal XPF homologs, the overall structure is significantly different from those due to the structure of a linker helix. We show that a flexible intradomain linker that formed with 36 residues in the nuclease domain of Eme1 is essential for the recognition of DNA. We identified several basic residues lining the outer surface of the active site cleft of Mus81 that are involved in the interaction with a flexible arm of a nicked Holliday junction (HJ). These interactions might contribute to the optimal positioning of the opposite junction across the nick into the catalytic site, which provided the basis for the "nick and counternick" mechanism of Mus81-Eme1 and for the nicked HJ to be the favored in vitro substrate of this enzyme.

Crystal structure of the Mus81-Eme1 complex.,Chang JH, Kim JJ, Choi JM, Lee JH, Cho Y Genes Dev. 2008 Apr 15;22(8):1093-106. PMID:18413719<ref>PMID:18413719</ref>

== References ==

[[Category: Chang, J H.]]

[[Category: Cho, Y.]]

[[Category: Choi, J M.]]

[[Category: Kim, J J.]]

[[Category: Lee, J H.]]

[[Category: Dna damage]]

[[Category: Dna recombination]]

[[Category: Phosphoprotein]]