Molecular choreography of primer synthesis by the eukaryotic Pol α-primase

Abstract The eukaryotic polymerase α (Pol α) synthesizes an RNA-DNA hybrid primer of 20–30 nucleotides. Pol α is composed of Pol1, Pol12, Primase 1 (Pri1), and Pri2. Pol1 and Pri1 contain the DNA polymerase and RNA primase activities, respectively. It has been unclear how Pol α hands over an RNA pri...

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Main Authors: Zuanning Yuan, Roxana Georgescu, Huilin Li, Michael E. O’Donnell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39441-1