Structural highlights
Function
[DNAG_GEOSE] RNA polymerase that catalyzes the synthesis of short RNA molecules used as primers for DNA polymerase during DNA replication.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00974]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The complex between the DnaB helicase and the DnaG primase unwinds duplex DNA at the eubacterial replication fork and synthesizes the Okazaki RNA primers. The crystal structures of hexameric DnaB and its complex with the helicase binding domain (HBD) of DnaG reveal that within the hexamer the two domains of DnaB pack with strikingly different symmetries to form a distinct two-layered ring structure. Each of three bound HBDs stabilizes the DnaB hexamer in a conformation that may increase its processivity. Three positive, conserved electrostatic patches on the N-terminal domain of DnaB may also serve as a binding site for DNA and thereby guide the DNA to a DnaG active site.
Structure of hexameric DnaB helicase and its complex with a domain of DnaG primase.,Bailey S, Eliason WK, Steitz TA Science. 2007 Oct 19;318(5849):459-63. PMID:17947583[1]
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References
- ↑ Bailey S, Eliason WK, Steitz TA. Structure of hexameric DnaB helicase and its complex with a domain of DnaG primase. Science. 2007 Oct 19;318(5849):459-63. PMID:17947583 doi:318/5849/459
