This domain is found at the C-terminal end of the small subunit (PriS) of the core primase from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus, an RNA polymerase that catalyzes the synthesis of the RNA primers required by the DNA polymerases. PriS is the catal ...
This domain is found at the C-terminal end of the small subunit (PriS) of the core primase from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus, an RNA polymerase that catalyzes the synthesis of the RNA primers required by the DNA polymerases. PriS is the catalytic subunit, with the active site located within an exposed groove in the concave side of two divergent beta-sheets, surrounded on the outside by alpha-helices This C-terminal domain, which is not found in other homologues, shows a mixed alpha-beta fold. It seems to support and position the elongated hairpin structure leading into the zinc-binding motif (PriS-Zn) [1,2].
This domain is found in non-catalytic subunit of the archaeal eukaryotic-type primase, PriX. Detailed sequence analysis combined with structural analysis of a truncated PriX protein from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus shows th ...
This domain is found in non-catalytic subunit of the archaeal eukaryotic-type primase, PriX. Detailed sequence analysis combined with structural analysis of a truncated PriX protein from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus shows that, PriX is essential for the survival of the organism and that it is homologous to the C-terminal domain of archaeal and eukaryotic large primase subunits PriL. Highly conserved PriX homologues are present in many members of the phylum Crenarchaeota [1].
Eukaryotic and archaeal DNA primase, large subunit C-terminal domain
DNA primase is the polymerase that synthesises small RNA primers for the Okazaki fragments made during discontinuous DNA replication. DNA primase is a heterodimer of two subunits, the small subunit Pri1 (48 kDa in yeast), and the large subunit Pri2 ( ...
DNA primase is the polymerase that synthesises small RNA primers for the Okazaki fragments made during discontinuous DNA replication. DNA primase is a heterodimer of two subunits, the small subunit Pri1 (48 kDa in yeast), and the large subunit Pri2 (58 kDa in the yeast S. cerevisiae) [1]. The large subunit of DNA primase forms interactions with the small subunit and the structure implicates that it is not directly involved in catalysis, but plays roles in correctly positioning the primase/DNA complex, and in the transfer of RNA to DNA polymerase [4]. This entry represents the C-terminal alpha helical domain.