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ArticleCell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)2014

Structural features of Chi recognition in AddAB with implications for RecBCD.

Martin Wilkinson, Dale B Wigley

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Article in Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Chromosome topology gates productive RecA homology search.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. How Does a Helicase Unwind DNA? Insights from RecBCD Helicase.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martin Wilkinsona Division of Structural Biology; Institute of Cancer Research; Chester Beatty Laboratories ; London , UK.
Dale B Wigley
Balfour Beatty (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 12799
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

AddAB and RecBCD-type helicase-nuclease complexes control the first stage of bacterial homologous recombination (HR) - the resection of double strand DNA breaks. A switch in the activities of the complexes to initiate repair by HR is regulated by a short, species-specific DNA sequence known as a Crossover Hotspot Instigator (Chi) site. It has been shown that, upon encountering Chi, AddAB and RecBCD pause translocation before resuming at a reduced rate. Recently, the structure of B.subtilis AddAB in complex with its regulatory Chi sequence revealed the nature of Chi binding and the paused translocation state. Here the structural features associated with Chi binding are described in greater detail and discussed in relation to the related E.coli RecBCD system.

Indexed as

Crossing Over, GeneticBacillus subtilisEscherichia coliExodeoxyribonucleasesExodeoxyribonuclease VModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryStructural Homology, ProteinAddAB enzymeExodeoxyribonucleasesExodeoxyribonuclease VAddABChi recognitionHomologous recomb-inationNucleaseRecBCD

Identifiers

PMID25486468
PMCPMC4614115
OpenAlexW1964315457

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