Structural basis for octameric ring formation and DNA interaction of the human homologous-pairing protein dmc1
Kinebuchi, T., Kagawa, W., Enomoto, R., Tanaka, K., Miyagawa, K., Shibata, T., Kurumizaka, H., Yokoyama, S.(2004) Mol Cell 14: 363-374
- PubMed: 15125839 
- DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(04)00218-7
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1V5W - PubMed Abstract: 
The human Dmc1 protein, a RecA/Rad51 homolog, is a meiosis-specific DNA recombinase that catalyzes homologous pairing. RecA and Rad51 form helical filaments, while Dmc1 forms an octameric ring. In the present study, we crystallized the full-length human Dmc1 protein and solved the structure of the Dmc1 octameric ring ...