MobB protein stimulates nicking at the R1162 origin of transfer by increasing the proportion of complexed plasmid DNA.

doi:10.1128/jb.178.19.5762-5767.1996

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MobB protein stimulates nicking at the R1162 origin of transfer by increasing the proportion of complexed plasmid DNA.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Oct 1996

Perwez T, Meyer R

Abstract excerpt

An essential early step in conjugal mobilization of R1162, nicking of the DNA strand that is subsequently transferred, is carried out in the relaxosome, a complex of two plasmid-encoded proteins and DNA at the origin of transfer (oriT). A third protein, MobB, is also required for efficient mobili...

Topics

Conjugation, Genetic
DNA Damage
DNA, Bacterial
Manganese Compounds
Mutation
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Nucleoproteins
Oxidation-Reduction
Oxides
Plasmids
Trans-Activators

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