All eukaryotic SMC proteins induce a twist of -0.6 at each DNA-loop-extrusion step
Richard Janissen, Roman Barth, Iain F. Davidson, Michael Taschner, Stephan Gruber, Jan‐Michael Peters, Cees Dekker
The paper measures the twist induced by eukaryotic SMC proteins during DNA loop extrusion and finds all three SMC complexes induce a consistent -0.6 twist per step.
Science Advances · Dec 13, 2024Peer-reviewedBiophysics