Yeast mitochondrial HMG proteins: DNA-binding properties of the most evolutionarily divergent component of mitochondrial nucleoids | Zendy

Jana Bakkaiova | Zendy; Victoria Marini | Zendy; Smaranda Willcox | Zendy; Jozef Nosek | Zendy; Jack D. Griffith | Zendy; Lumír Krejčí | Zendy; Ľubomír Tomáška | Zendy

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Yeast mitochondrial HMG proteins: DNA-binding properties of the most evolutionarily divergent component of mitochondrial nucleoids

Author(s) -

Jana Bakkaiova,

Victoria Marini,

Smaranda Willcox,

Jozef Nosek,

Jack D. Griffith,

Lumír Krejčí,

Ľubomír Tomáška

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

bioscience reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938

H-Index - 77

eISSN - 1573-4935

pISSN - 0144-8463

DOI - 10.1042/bsr20150275

Subject(s) - nucleoid , biology , yarrowia , yeast , mitochondrial dna , saccharomyces cerevisiae , schizosaccharomyces pombe , helicase , biochemistry , dna , nucleoprotein , genetics , dna binding protein , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , rna , transcription factor , escherichia coli

Comparative biochemical analysis of mtHMG proteins from distantly related yeast species revealed that they exhibit a preference for recombination/replication intermediates. We discuss how these biochemical characteristics relate to the role of mtHMG proteins in mtDNA compaction and evolution.

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