Riding the (mono)rails: the structure of catenated DNA-tracking proteins.
New evidence suggests that the 'sliding clamp' processivity factors of DNA polymerases can carry a variety of protein factors along the DNA 'track'. Recent information on the structure of these factors sheds light on how they slide on DNA and why they confer processivity.
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Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0634, USA.
D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004258:DNA Polymerase III / Q000737:chemistry*; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000737:chemistry*; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D004247:DNA; D004258:DNA Polymerase III