THE RECA HEXAMER IS A STRUCTURAL HOMOLOG OF RING HELICASES

Authors
YU X EGELMAN EH
Citation
X. Yu et Eh. Egelman, THE RECA HEXAMER IS A STRUCTURAL HOMOLOG OF RING HELICASES, Nature structural biology, 4(2), 1997, pp. 101-104
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,"Cell Biology
Journal title
Nature structural biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10728368
Volume
4
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
101 - 104
Database
ISI
SICI code
1072-8368(1997)4:2<101:TRHIAS>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The RecA protein forms a hexameric ring that is similar to the core of the F1-ATPase. Several lines of evidence suggest that this hexamer ma y be a structural homologue of ring helicases.