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The N-terminus of IntDOT forms hydrophobic interactions during Holliday Junction resolution.
Plasmid - 1 Jan 2000
Kolakowski Adam J, Gardner Jeffrey F
Abstract excerpt
DOT Integrase (IntDOT) is a member of the tyrosine recombinase family. It catalyzes the integration and excision reactions of an integrative and conjugative element (ICE) called CTnDOT. Like other tyrosine recombinases, the integration reaction proceeds by two sets of strand exchanges between the attDOT site on CTnDOT and an attB site in the host chromosome. The strand exchanges occur seven bases apart and define...
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