Active site substitutions delineate distinct classes of eubacterial flap endonuclease
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Active site substitutions delineate distinct classes of eubacterial flap endonuclease
FENs (flap endonucleases) play essential roles in DNA replication, pivotally in the resolution of Okazaki fragments. In eubacteria, DNA PolI (polymerase I) contains a flap processing domain, the N-terminal 5'-->3' exonuclease. We present evidence of paralogous FEN-encoding genes present in many eubacteria. Two distinct classes of these independent FEN-encoding genes exist with four groups of eu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0264-6021,1470-8728
DOI: 10.1042/bj20081637