Relaxosome protein TraM

UniProtKB accession:  P07294

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UniProtKB description:  Conjugative DNA transfer (CDT) is the unidirectional transfer of ssDNA plasmid from a donor to a recipient cell. It is the central mechanism by which antibiotic resistance and virulence factors are propagated in bacterial populations. Part of the relaxosome, which facilitates a site- and strand-specific cut in the origin of transfer by TraI, at the nic site. Probably autoregulates its own expression. Plasmid specificity is conferred by the TraD-TraM pair (By similarity).