Two-step ATP-driven opening of cohesin head

Abstract The cohesin ring is a protein complex composed of four core subunits: Smc1A, Smc3, Rad21 and Stag1/2. It is involved in chromosome segregation, DNA repair, chromatin organization and transcription regulation. Opening of the ring occurs at the “head” structure, formed of the ATPase domains o...

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Main Authors: Íñigo Marcos-Alcalde, Jesús I. Mendieta-Moreno, Beatriz Puisac, María Concepción Gil-Rodríguez, María Hernández-Marcos, Diego Soler-Polo, Feliciano J. Ramos, José Ortega, Juan Pié, Jesús Mendieta, Paulino Gómez-Puertas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-03118-9