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Abstract

Bacterial replicases are complex, tripartite replicative machines. They contain a polymerase, polymerase III (Pol III), a β processivity factor, and a DnaX complex ATPase that loads β onto DNA and chaperones Pol III onto the newly loaded β. Bacterial replicases are highly processive, yet cycle rapidly during Okazaki fragment synthesis in a regulated way. Many bacteria encode both a full-length τ and a shorter γ form of DnaX by a variety of mechanisms. γ appears to be uniquely placed in a single position relative to two τ protomers in a pentameric ring. The polymerase catalytic subunit of Pol III, α, contains a PHP domain that not only binds to a prototypical ε Mg2+-dependent exonuclease, but also contains a second Zn2+-dependent proofreading exonuclease, at least in some bacteria. This review focuses on a critical evaluation of recent literature and concepts pertaining to the above issues and suggests specific areas that require further investigation.

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2011-07-07
2024-12-10
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