Structural and mechanistic insight into DNA unwinding by Deinococcus radiodurans UvrD.

DNA helicases are responsible for unwinding the duplex DNA, a key step in many biological processes. UvrD is a DNA helicase involved in several DNA repair pathways. We report here crystal structures of Deinococcus radiodurans UvrD (drUvrD) in complex with DNA in different nucleotide-free and bound s...

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Main Authors: Meike Stelter, Samira Acajjaoui, Sean McSweeney, Joanna Timmins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3797037?pdf=render