The recombinase protein is a torque sensitive molecular switch.
Scott X. Atwell, Aurélie Dupont, Daniel Migliozzi, Jean-Louis Viovy, Giovanni Cappello
The paper measures the free-energy landscape of hRad51 protein interacting with DNA using magnetic tweezers and proposes a two-state model for homologous recombination.
bioRxiv · Feb 23, 2017 · PreprintBiophysics