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Steric exclusion and wrapping of the excluded DNA strand occurs along discrete external binding paths during MCM helicase unwinding.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Aug 2011
Graham Brian W, Schauer Grant D, Leuba Sanford H, Trakselis Michael A
Abstract excerpt
The minichromosome maintenance (MCM) helicase complex is essential for the initiation and elongation of DNA replication in both the eukaryotic and archaeal domains. The archaeal homohexameric MCM helicase from Sulfolobus solfataricus serves as a model for understanding mechanisms of DNA unwinding. In this report, the displaced 5'-tail is shown to provide stability to the MCM complex on DNA and contribute to...
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