ACCESSORY PROTEIN FUNCTION IN THE DNA POLYMERASE-III HOLOENZYME FROM ESCHERICHIA-COLI

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作者
ODONNELL, M
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[1] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Microbiology Department, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York, 10021
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10.1002/bies.950140206
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
DNA polymerases which duplicate cellular chromosomes are multiprotein complexes. The individual functions of the many proteins required to duplicate a chromosome are not fully understood. The multiprotein complex which duplicates the Escherichia coli chromosome, DNA polymerase III holoenzyme (holoenzyme), contains a DNA polymerase subunit and nine accessory proteins. This report summarizes our current understanding of the individual functions of the accessory proteins within the holoenzyme, lending insight into why a chromosomal replicase needs such a complex structure.
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