Minichromosome maintenance (MCM) helicases play an essential role in chromosomal DNA replication in archaea and eukarya. Here the isolation and partial characterization of the MCM homologue from the psychophilic archaeaon Methanococcoides burtonii is described. The protein was expressed and purified to near homogeneity from Escherichia coli and, like MCM homologues from other archaeons, the protein was shown to form hexamers.
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1 May 2006
Research Article: Cloning and partial characterization of the Methanococcoides burtonii minichromosome maintenance (MCM) helicase
Jae-Ho Shin,
Rachel Mauro,
Eugene Melamud,
Rajesh Kasiviswanathan
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