A conserved MCM single-stranded DNA binding element is essential for replication initiation.
Froelich, C.A., Kang, S., Epling, L.B., Bell, S.P., Enemark, E.J.(2014) Elife 3: e01993-e01993
- PubMed: 24692448 
- DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01993
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4POF, 4POG - PubMed Abstract: 
The ring-shaped MCM helicase is essential to all phases of DNA replication. The complex loads at replication origins as an inactive double-hexamer encircling duplex DNA. Helicase activation converts this species to two active single hexamers that encircle single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) ...