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1Microbial Genetics Laboratory, Genetic Strains Research Center, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan; Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan.
Structure (London, England : 1993)
|April 6, 2017
Abstract:
The tripartite ring of the bacterial condensin complex Smc-ScpAB entraps DNA to separate replicated chromosomes. The cycle of ring opening and closing is dependent on ATP hydrolysis. In this issue of Structure, Kamada et al. (2017) report on the tripartite-ring structural dynamics and their role in regulating this cycle.