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Discovery of two novel families of proteins that are proposed to interact with prokaryotic SMC proteins, and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis family members ScpA and ScpB.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 2002
Soppa Jörg, Kobayashi Kazuo, Noirot-Gros Marie-Françoise, Oesterhelt Dieter, Ehrlich S Dusko, Dervyn Etienne, Ogasawara Naotake, Moriya Shigeki
Abstract excerpt
Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) proteins are present in all eukaryotes and in many prokaryotes. Eukaryotic SMC proteins form complexes with various non-SMC subunits, which affect their function, whereas the prokaryotic homologues had no known non-SMC partners and were thought to act as simple homodimers. Here we describe two novel families of proteins, widespread in archaea and (Gram-positive)...
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