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Papillomavirus E1 helicase assembly maintains an asymmetric state in the absence of DNA and nucleotide cofactors
19 Sept 2007
Abstract excerpt
Concerted, stochastic and sequential mechanisms of action have been proposed for different hexameric AAA+ molecular motors. Here we report the crystal structure of the E1 helicase from bovine papillomavirus, where asymmetric assembly is for the first time observed in the absence of nucleotide cofactors and DNA. Surprisingly, the ATP-binding sites adopt specific conformations linked to positional changes in the...
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