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• Structural basis for the nuclease activity of a bacteriophage large terminase.

  The DNA-packaging motor in tailed bacteriophages requires nuclease activity to ensure that the genome is packaged correctly. This nuclease activity is…

  Authors: Callum Smits, Maria Chechik, Oleg V Kovalevskiy, Mikhail B Shevtsov, Andrew W Foster, Juan C Alonso, Alfred A Antson

  Source: EMBO reports. 2009 Jun

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• Bacillus subtilis polynucleotide phosphorylase 3'-to-5' DNase activity is involved in DNA repair.

  In the presence of Mn(2+), an activity in a preparation of purified Bacillus subtilis RecN degrades single-stranded (ss) DNA with a 3' --> 5' polarity…

  Authors: Paula P Cardenas, Begoña Carrasco, Humberto Sanchez, Gintaras Deikus, David H Bechhofer, Juan C Alonso

  Source: Nucleic acids research. 2009 Jul

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• The RecU Holliday junction resolvase acts at early stages of homologous recombination.

  Homologous recombination is essential for DNA repair and generation of genetic diversity in all organisms. It occurs through a series of presynaptic s…

  Authors: Cristina Cañas, Begoña Carrasco, Silvia Ayora, Juan C Alonso

  Source: Nucleic acids research. 2008 Sep

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• Streptococcus pyogenes pSM19035 requires dynamic assembly of ATP-bound ParA and ParB on parS DNA during plasmid segregation.

  The accurate partitioning of Firmicute plasmid pSM19035 at cell division depends on ATP binding and hydrolysis by homodimeric ATPase delta(2) (ParA) a…

  Authors: Florencia Pratto, Aslan Cicek, Wilhelm A Weihofen, Rudi Lurz, Wolfram Saenger, Juan C Alonso

  Source: Nucleic acids research. 2008 Jun

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• The N-terminal region of the RecU holliday junction resolvase is essential for homologous recombination.

  The RecU Holliday junction (HJ)-resolving enzyme is highly conserved in the Firmicutes phylum of bacteria. In Bacillus subtilis, the recU gene has two…

  Authors: Begoña Carrasco, Cristina Cañas, Gary J Sharples, Juan C Alonso, Silvia Ayora

  Source: Journal of molecular biology. 2009 Jul 3

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• Dynamic structures of Bacillus subtilis RecN-DNA complexes.

  Genetic and cytological evidences suggest that Bacillus subtilis RecN acts prior to and after end-processing of DNA double-strand ends via homologous …

  Authors: Humberto Sanchez, Paula P Cardenas, Shige H Yoshimura, Kunio Takeyasu, Juan C Alonso

  Source: Nucleic acids research. 2008 Jan

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• Bacillus subtilis RecG branch migration translocase is required for DNA repair and chromosomal segregation.

  The absence of Bacillus subtilis RecG branch migration translocase causes a defect in cell proliferation, renders cells very sensitive to DNA-damaging…

  Authors: Humberto Sanchez, Begoña Carrasco, M Castillo Cozar, Juan C Alonso

  Source: Molecular microbiology. 2007 Aug

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• Bacillus subtilis RecN binds and protects 3'-single-stranded DNA extensions in the presence of ATP.

  Bacillus subtilis RecN appears to be an early detector of breaks in double-stranded DNA. In vivo, RecN forms discrete nucleoid-associated structures a…

  Authors: Humberto Sanchez, Juan C Alonso

  Source: Nucleic acids research. 2005

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• Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 G40P helicase lacking the n-terminal domain unwinds DNA bidirectionally.

  Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage SPP1 G40P hexameric replicative DNA helicase unidirectionally translocates with a 5'-->3' polarity while separating th…

  Authors: Pablo Mesa, Juan C Alonso, Silvia Ayora

  Source: Journal of molecular biology. 2006 Apr 7

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• Bacillus subtilis RecU Holliday-junction resolvase modulates RecA activities.

  The Bacillus subtilis RecU protein is able to catalyze in vitro DNA strand annealing and Holliday-junction resolution. The interaction between the Rec…

  Authors: Begoña Carrasco, Silvia Ayora, Rudi Lurz, Juan C Alonso

  Source: Nucleic acids research. 2005

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