Segrosome structure revealed by a complex of ParR with centromere DNA

Maria A. Schumacher (), Tiffany C. Glover, Anthony J. Brzoska, Slade O. Jensen, Thomas D. Dunham, Ronald A. Skurray and Neville Firth
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Maria A. Schumacher: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1000
Tiffany C. Glover: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1000
Anthony J. Brzoska: School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Slade O. Jensen: School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Thomas D. Dunham: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 1000
Ronald A. Skurray: School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Neville Firth: School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia

Nature, 2007, vol. 450, issue 7173, 1268-1271

Abstract: A crystal structure of the plasmid partition protein ParR bound to centromeric DNA is described. ParR binds the centromeric DNA repeats as a dimer-of-dimers, which assemble in a super-helical array to form a large segrosome with a solenoid-shaped structure.

Date: 2007
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