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SUBMITTER: Manzan A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1298954 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Manzan Angelo A Pfeiffer Günter G Hefferin Melissa L ML Lang Cara E CE Carney James P JP Hopfner Karl-Peter KP
EMBO reports 20040101 1
We identify and characterize MlaA, a novel protein, which is found in a conserved operon with Mre11 and Rad50 in archaeal genomes. MlaA is fused with Mre11 in Methanobacter thermoautotrophicus, suggesting the MlaA is functionally linked to the Mre11 complex. MlaA preferentially and cooperatively binds double-stranded and secondary structure containing DNA and has double-stranded but not single-stranded DNA-stimulated ATPase activity. Electron microscopy reveals that MlaA forms a 360-kDa hexameri ...[more]