Structure of the <i>E. coli</i> Sliding Clamp, DnaN (IMAGE)

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Structure of the <i>E. coli</i> Sliding Clamp, DnaN

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This image shows the structure of the E. coli sliding clamp, DnaN, in complex with a peptide from DNA polymerase III (PDB: 3D1F). The toxin SocB likely disrupts this complex to arrest DNA replication by binding a region of DnaN near the residue marked in green.

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<i>Molecular Cell</i>, Aakre et al.

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