BiochemistryMolecular CellPeer-reviewed
Separate Compartments for Chromosome Entrapment and DNA Binding during SMC translocation
R. Vazquez Nunez, L. B. Ruiz Avila, S. Gruber
The paper shows DNA binding occurs in the SMC compartment and chromosome entrapment in the Kleisin compartment of B. subtilis Smc/ScpAB, with DNA translocation blocked by mutations affecting DNA binding.
DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.05.001