RadA explained

Organism:Saccharolobus solfataricus
(strain ATCC 35092)
Taxid:273057
Symbol:radA
Entrezgene:72912053
Homologene:2155
Pdb:2Z43
Refseqprotein:WP_009990512.1
Uniprot:Q55075
Chromosome:Genomic
Entrezchromosome:NZ_CP050869.1
Genloc Start:2411238
Genloc End:2412504

The DNA repair and recombination protein RadA is an archaeal homolog of the bacterial RecA protein and the eukaryotic Rad51 protein, playing a crucial role in homologous recombination and the maintenance of genomic stability by facilitating the repair of DNA double-strand breaks.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Seitz EM, Brockman JP, Sandler SJ, Clark AJ, Kowalczykowski SC . RadA protein is an archaeal RecA protein homolog that catalyzes DNA strand exchange . Genes & Development . 12 . 9 . 1248–53 . May 1998 . 9573041 . 316774 . 10.1101/gad.12.9.1248 .