Crystal structure of the Pyrococcus horikoshii DNA primase-UTP complex: implications for the mechanism of primer synthesis.
Ito, N., Nureki, O., Shirouzu, M., Yokoyama, S., Hanaoka, F.(2003) Genes Cells 8: 913-923
- PubMed: 14750947 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2443.2003.00693.x
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1V33, 1V34 - PubMed Abstract: 
In chromosomal DNA replication, DNA primase initiates the synthesis of a dinucleotide on a single-stranded template DNA, and elongates it to form a primer RNA for the replicative DNA polymerase. Although the apo-structure of an archaeal primase has been reported, the mechanism of primer synthesis by the eukaryotic-type primase still remains to be elucidated.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Cellular Physiology Laboratory, Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.