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The mutant RecA proteins, RecAR243Q and RecAK245N, exhibit defective DNA binding in homologous pairing.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 May 1999
Kurumizaka H, Ikawa S, Sarai A, Shibata T
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In homologous pairing, the RecA protein sequentially binds to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), aligning the two DNA molecules within the helical nucleoprotein filament. To identify the DNA binding region, which stretches from the outside to the inside of the filament, we constructed two mutant RecA proteins, RecAR243Q and RecAK245N, with the amino acid substitutions of Arg243 to Gln...
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