Structures of Replication Initiation Proteins from Staphylococcal Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids Reveal Protein Asymmetry and Flexibility are Necessary for Replication.
Carr, S.B., Phillips, S.E., Thomas, C.D.(2016) Nucleic Acids Res 44: 2417
- PubMed: 26792891 
- DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1539
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4CIJ, 4CWC, 4CWE - PubMed Abstract: 
Antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria is a continual threat to human health, often residing in extrachromosomal plasmid DNA. Plasmids of the pT181 family are widespread and confer various antibiotic resistances to Staphylococcus aureus. They replicate via a rolling circle mechanism that requires a multi-functional, plasmid-encoded replication protein to initiate replication, recruit a helicase to the site of initiation and terminate replication after DNA synthesis is complete ...