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== Function ==
== Function ==


'''Terminase''' (Ter) is a key component of the DNA packaging machine found in bacteriophages and herpesviruses.  The Ter complex is comprised of a small Ter which is a recognition subunit and a large Ter which is an endonuclease/translocase subunit <ref>PMID:22297528</ref>.
'''Terminase''' (Ter) is a key component of the DNA packaging machine found in bacteriophages and herpesviruses.  The Ter complex is comprised of a small Ter subunit which is a recognition subunit and a large Ter subunit which is an endonuclease/translocase subunit <ref>PMID:22297528</ref>. The nuclease activity of the large Ter subunit is stimulated by ATP.
 
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== Relevance ==


== Structural highlights ==
== Structural highlights ==


 
The large subunit of Ter is composed of an N-terminal ATPase domain, a linker region and a C-terminal nuclease domain.  ATP binds to the protein in a groove between the ATPase domain and the linker region<ref>PMID:23630261</ref>.
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== 3D Structures of terminase ==
== 3D Structures of terminase ==

Revision as of 08:29, 3 December 2017

Terminase large subunit complex with ATP (PDB code 4ife)

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3D Structures of terminase

Updated on 03-December-2017

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