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The relevance of Hepatitis C helicase/primase is that the helicase/protease combination in HCV is believed to play a pivotal role in the replication cycle of HCV. The helicase exists as a dimer, bearing mutations, and can be found in three different functional states (9). The three functional states include a substrate-unbound state, an ATP-bound state, and an NA-bound state. The presence of ATP transitions the protease from high NA binding affinity to low NA binding affinity. The cooperation of helicase/protease binding the DNA is affected by the length of the ss lattice, and the desired ss DNA length is around 22nt (3). | The relevance of Hepatitis C helicase/primase is that the helicase/protease combination in HCV is believed to play a pivotal role in the replication cycle of HCV. The helicase exists as a dimer, bearing mutations, and can be found in three different functional states (9). The three functional states include a substrate-unbound state, an ATP-bound state, and an NA-bound state. The presence of ATP transitions the protease from high NA binding affinity to low NA binding affinity. The cooperation of helicase/protease binding the DNA is affected by the length of the ss lattice, and the desired ss DNA length is around 22nt (3). | ||
== Structural highlights == | == Structural highlights == | ||
<scene name='91/919048/ | <scene name='91/919048/2obq/1'>2OBQ for Hepatitis primase:</scene> | ||
Method: X-Ray Diffraction. | Method: X-Ray Diffraction. | ||
Resolution: 2.50 Å. | Resolution: 2.50 Å. | ||
