1kcf

Crystal Structure of the Yeast Mitochondrial Holliday Junction Resolvase, Ydc2Crystal Structure of the Yeast Mitochondrial Holliday Junction Resolvase, Ydc2

Structural highlights

1kcf is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.3Å
Ligands:
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

CCE1_SCHPO Capable of resolving Holliday junctions. Specific for 4-way junctions. Seems to be important for the maintenance of mitochondrial DNA. Cleaves fixed junctions at the point of strand exchange. Cleaves after 5'-CT-3' and 5'-TT-3' sequences.^[1] ^[2]

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

References

↑ White MF, Lilley DM. Characterization of a Holliday junction-resolving enzyme from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Cell Biol. 1997 Nov;17(11):6465-71. PMID:9343409
↑ Doe CL, Osman F, Dixon J, Whitby MC. The Holliday junction resolvase SpCCE1 prevents mitochondrial DNA aggregation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Gen Genet. 2000 Jul;263(6):889-97. PMID:10954073

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OCA

[1] White MF, Lilley DM. Characterization of a Holliday junction-resolving enzyme from Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Cell Biol. 1997 Nov;17(11):6465-71. PMID:9343409

[2] Doe CL, Osman F, Dixon J, Whitby MC. The Holliday junction resolvase SpCCE1 prevents mitochondrial DNA aggregation in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Gen Genet. 2000 Jul;263(6):889-97. PMID:10954073

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