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The HARP domain dictates the annealing helicase activity of HARP/SMARCAL1.
EMBO reports - 1 Jun 2011
Ghosal Gargi, Yuan Jingsong, Chen Junjie
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in HepA-related protein (HARP, or SMARCAL1) cause Schimke immunoosseous dysplasia (SIOD). HARP has ATP-dependent annealing helicase activity, which helps to stabilize stalled replication forks and facilitate DNA repair during replication. Here, we show that the conserved tandem HARP (2HP) domain dictates this annealing helicase activity. Furthermore, chimeric proteins generated by fusing the 2HP domain...
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