InterPro domain: IPR033762

General Information

  • Identifier IPR033762
  • Description MCM OB domain
  • Number of genes 971
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Abstract

This OB-fold domain is found within MCM (mini-chromosome maintenance) proteins, which are components if the MCM complex involved in chromosome replication [ 1 ]. This domain, found at the N terminus, contains an insertion at the zinc binding motif [ 2 ].


1. The Mcm complex: unwinding the mechanism of a replicative helicase. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 73, 652-83
2. The 1.8-A crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of an archaeal MCM as a right-handed filament. J. Mol. Biol. 426, 1512-23

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