Symbol dnaN PDB 1MMI UniProt P0A988 | Entrez 948218 RefSeq (Prot) NP_418156 | |
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Organism Escherichia coli
(str. K-12 substr. MG1655) | ||
dnaN is the gene that codes for the DNA clamp (also known as β sliding clamp) of DNA polymerase III in prokaryotes. The β clamp physically locks Pol III onto a DNA strand during replication to help increase its processivity. The eukaryotic equivalent to the β clamp is PCNA.
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