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Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol
2013 Nov 01;511:a012807. doi: 10.1101/cshperspect.a012807.
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The minichromosome maintenance replicative helicase.
Bell SD, Botchan MR.
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The eukaryotic replicative helicase, the minichromosome maintenance (MCM) complex, is composed of six distinct, but related, subunits MCM(2-7). The relationship between the sequences of the subunits indicates that they are derived from a common ancestor and indeed, present-day archaea possess a homohexameric MCM. Recent progress in the biochemical and structural studies of both eukaryal and archaeal MCM complexes are beginning to shed light on the mechanisms of action of this key component of the replisome.
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