The Smc5/6 complex is a DNA loop extruding motor
B. Pradhan, T. Kanno, M. U. Igarashi, M. D. Baaske, J. S. K. Wong, K. Jeppsson, C. Bjorkegren, E. Kim
The paper identifies Smc5/6 as a DNA-loop-extruding motor, showing it extrudes loops via dimerization and ATP hydrolysis at 1 kb/s.
bioRxiv · May 13, 2022Biophysics