RadA

Identifiers
OrganismSaccharolobus solfataricus
(strain ATCC 35092)
SymbolradA
Entrez72912053
HomoloGene2155
PDB2Z43
RefSeq (Prot)WP_009990512.1
UniProtQ55075
Other data
ChromosomeGenomic: 2.41 - 2.41 Mb
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StructuresSwiss-model
DomainsInterPro

The DNA repair and recombination protein RadA is an archaeal homolog of the bacterial RecA protein and the eukaryotic Rad51 protein, playing a crucial role in homologous recombination and the maintenance of genomic stability by facilitating the repair of DNA double-strand breaks.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Seitz EM, Brockman JP, Sandler SJ, Clark AJ, Kowalczykowski SC (May 1998). "RadA protein is an archaeal RecA protein homolog that catalyzes DNA strand exchange". Genes & Development. 12 (9): 1248–53. doi:10.1101/gad.12.9.1248. PMC 316774. PMID 9573041.