Hirano T
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, USA.
Curr Opin Cell Biol. 1998 Jun;10(3):317-22. doi: 10.1016/s0955-0674(98)80006-9.
The structural maintenance of chromosome (SMC) family of proteins represents an expanding group of chromosomal ATPases that are highly conserved among Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya. During the past year, significant progress has been made towards understanding the cellular functions and molecular activities of this new class of proteins. Emerging evidence suggests that eukaryotic SMC proteins form large protein complexes with non-SMC subunits and act as key components for a wide variety of higher-order chromosome dynamics.
染色体结构维持(SMC)蛋白家族是一类不断扩展的染色体ATP酶,在细菌、古细菌和真核生物中高度保守。在过去的一年里,在理解这类新蛋白的细胞功能和分子活性方面取得了重大进展。新出现的证据表明,真核生物的SMC蛋白与非SMC亚基形成大型蛋白复合物,并作为多种高阶染色体动态变化的关键成分发挥作用。