Computationally exploring the mechanism of bacteriophage T7 gp4 helicase translocating along ssDNA

S Jin, C Bueno, W Lu, Q Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Bacteriophage T7 gp4 helicase has served as a model system for understanding
mechanisms of hexameric replicative helicase translocation. The mechanistic basis of how …

Dynamic structural insights into the molecular mechanism of DNA unwinding by the bacteriophage T7 helicase

JB Ma, Z Chen, CH Xu, XY Huang, Q Jia… - Nucleic Acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The hexametric T7 helicase (gp4) adopts a spiral lock-washer form and encircles a coil-like
DNA (tracking) strand with two nucleotides bound to each subunit. However, the chemo …

DNA binding in the central channel of bacteriophage T7 helicase-primase is a multistep process. Nucleotide hydrolysis is not required

KM Picha, P Ahnert, SS Patel - Biochemistry, 2000 - ACS Publications
Many helicases assemble into ring-shaped hexamers and bind DNA in their central channel.
This raises the question as to how the DNA gets into the central channel to form a …

Real-time observation of bacteriophage T4 gp41 helicase reveals an unwinding mechanism

T Lionnet, MM Spiering, SJ Benkovic… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Helicases are enzymes that couple ATP hydrolysis to the unwinding of double-stranded (ds)
nucleic acids. The bacteriophage T4 helicase (gp41) is a hexameric helicase that promotes …

Mechanochemistry of t7 DNA helicase

JC Liao, YJ Jeong, DE Kim, SS Patel, G Oster - Journal of molecular biology, 2005 - Elsevier
The bacteriophage T7 helicase is a ring-shaped hexameric motor protein that unwinds
double-stranded DNA during DNA replication and recombination. To accomplish this it …

DNA unwinding by ring-shaped T4 helicase gp41 is hindered by tension on the occluded strand

N Ribeck, OA Saleh - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The replicative helicase for bacteriophage T4 is gp41, which is a ring-shaped hexameric
motor protein that achieves unwinding of dsDNA by translocating along one strand of ssDNA …

[引用][C] DNA is bound within the central hole to one or two of the six subunits of the T7 DNA helicase

X Yu, MM Hingorani, SS Patel, EH Egelman - Nature structural biology, 1996 - nature.com
One or two of the six subunits of the T7 Page 1 TG 1996 Nature Publishing Group http://www.nature.com/nsmb
correspondence (I DNA is bound within the central hole to One or two of the six subunits of …

The DNA-unwinding mechanism of the ring helicase of bacteriophage T7

YJ Jeong, MK Levin, SS Patel - Proceedings of the National …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Helicases are motor proteins that use the chemical energy of NTP hydrolysis to drive
mechanical processes such as translocation and nucleic acid strand separation …

Single-molecule fluorescence reveals the unwinding stepping mechanism of replicative helicase

S Syed, M Pandey, SS Patel, T Ha - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
Bacteriophage T7 gp4 serves as a model protein for replicative helicases that couples
deoxythymidine triphosphate (dTTP) hydrolysis to directional movement and DNA strand …

Structural insights into gp16 ATPase in the bacteriophage ϕ29 DNA packaging motor

AFUH Saeed, C Chan, H Guan, B Gong, P Guo… - Biochemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biological motors, ubiquitous in living systems, convert chemical energy into different kinds
of mechanical motions critical to cellular functions. Gene product 16 (gp16) in bacteriophage …