| DNA replication occurs through a large protein complex assembly called replisome. An understanding of its structure and function requires its in vitro reassembly from individual subunits. In all living organisms, the elongation of a primed DNA template by DNA polymerase, with high processivity, requires the accessory protein DNA sliding clamp (PCNA) that is loaded onto DNA by the clamp loader (RF-C). Generally, the archaeal proteins involved in DNA replication are more similar to those of the higher organisms (Eukarya) rather than to those from Bacteria. This study have focussed on the PCNA loading mechanism and on the DNA synthesis in the hyperthermophilic Euryarchaea Pyrococcus abyssi. To investigate the importance of some protein-protein and... |
