Analysis of the role of PCNA-DNA contacts during clamp loading.
McNally, R., Bowman, G.D., Goedken, E.R., O'Donnell, M., Kuriyan, J.(2010) BMC Struct Biol 10: 3-3
- PubMed: 20113510 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-10-3
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3K4X - PubMed Abstract: 
Sliding clamps, such as Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) in eukaryotes, are ring-shaped protein complexes that encircle DNA and enable highly processive DNA replication by serving as docking sites for DNA polymerases. In an ATP-dependent reaction, clamp loader complexes, such as the Replication Factor-C (RFC) complex in eukaryotes, open the clamp and load it around primer-template DNA.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Chemistry, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.