Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
Structure. 2018 Jan 2;26(1):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2017.12.009.
Clamp loaders such as Ctf18-RFC assist DNA replication by loading the PCNA clamp onto DNA. In this issue of Structure, Grabarczyk et al. (2018) reveal that a hook-like structure formed by the unique Dcc1 and Ctf8 subunits mediates the interaction of Ctf18-RFC with the leading strand DNA polymerase ɛ.
夹子加载器(如 Ctf18-RFC)通过将 PCNA 夹子加载到 DNA 上来辅助 DNA 复制。在本期的《结构》杂志中,Grabarczyk 等人(2018 年)揭示了由独特的 Dcc1 和 Ctf8 亚基形成的钩状结构介导了 Ctf18-RFC 与前导链 DNA 聚合酶 ɛ 的相互作用。