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In Escherichia coli,  the complex of MutS and the mismatch-containing DNA recruits MutL, a second protein component of the repair system. 

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes #DNA damage and repair mechanisms #Part B Pointers
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TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Replication requires a helicase to separate the strands of DNA using energy provided by hydrolysis of ATP.
TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

A single-stranded DNA-binding protein is required to maintain the separated strands.
TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The E. coli SSB is a tetramer; eukaryotic SSB (also known as RPA) is a trimer.
TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

A helicase usually initiates unwinding at a single-stranded region adjacent to a duplex. Note that it cannot unwind a segment of duplex DNA; it can only continue to unwind a sequence that has been started.
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Helicase, It may function with a particular polarity, preferring single-stranded DNA with a 3 ' end (3'-5' helicase) or with a 5' end ( 5 '-3' helicase).
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

E. coli SSB is a tetramer of 74 kD that binds single-stranded DNA cooperatively. The significance of the cooperative mode of binding.