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DNA arms do the legwork to ensure the directionality of lambda site-specific recombination.

The integrase protein of bacteriophage lambda ( Int) catalyzes site-specific recombination between lambda phage and Escherichia coli genomes. Int is a tyrosine recombinase that binds to DNA core sites via a C-terminal catalytic domain and to a collection of arm DNA sites, distant from the site of recombination, via its N-terminal domain. The arm sites, in conjunction with accessory DNA-bending proteins, provide a means of regulating the efficiency and directionality of Int-catalyzed recombination. Recent crystal structures of lambda Int tetramers bound to synaptic and Holliday junction intermediates, together with new biochemical data, suggest a mechanism for the allosteric control of the recombination reaction through arm DNA binding interactions.[1]

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  1. DNA arms do the legwork to ensure the directionality of lambda site-specific recombination. Radman-Livaja, M., Biswas, T., Ellenberger, T., Landy, A., Aihara, H. Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol. (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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