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SUBMITTER: Rybenkov VV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4377647 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rybenkov Valentin V VV Herrera Viridiana V Petrushenko Zoya M ZM Zhao Hang H
Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology 20140101 5-6
Global folding of bacterial chromosome requires the activity of condensins. These highly conserved proteins are involved in various aspects of higher-order chromatin dynamics in a diverse range of organisms. Two distinct superfamilies of condensins have been identified in bacteria. The SMC-ScpAB proteins bear significant homology to eukaryotic condensins and cohesins and are found in most of the presently sequenced bacteria. This review focuses on the MukBEF/MksBEF superfamily, which is broadly ...[more]