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ReviewProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2019

A structural view of bacterial DNA replication.

Aaron J Oakley

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Review in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aaron J OakleyMolecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, and Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4764-014X
University of Wollongong · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA replication mechanisms are conserved across all organisms. The proteins required to initiate, coordinate, and complete the replication process are best characterized in model organisms such as Escherichia coli. These include nucleotide triphosphate-driven nanomachines such as the DNA-unwinding helicase DnaB and the clamp loader complex that loads DNA-clamps onto primer-template junctions. DNA-clamps are required for the processivity of the DNA polymerase III core, a heterotrimer of α, ε, and θ, required for leading- and lagging-strand synthesis. DnaB binds the DnaG primase that synthesizes RNA primers on both strands. Representative structures are available for most classes of DNA replication proteins, although there are gaps in our understanding of their interactions and the structural transitions that occur in nanomachines such as the helicase, clamp loader, and replicase core as they function. Reviewed here is the structural biology of these bacterial DNA replication proteins and prospects for future research.

Indexed as

DNA ReplicationDNA, BacterialEscherichia coliModels, MolecularDNA, Bacterialantimicrobialsclamp loader complexDNA clampDNA polymeraseDNA replicationhelicasemacromolecular structureprimaseprotein-DNA interactionsingle-stranded DNA binding protein

Identifiers

PMID30945375
PMCPMC6511741
OpenAlexW2926621447

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