This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) proteins, which are evolutionary conserved from prokaryotes to eukaryotes, are essential for higher order chromosome organizations and functions. Six members of SMCs have been identified in eukaryotes, which form three distinct complexes, cohesin, condensin and the SMC5-6 complex. Each of the SMC complexes has a unique function. The SMC5-6 holocomplex, formed by a heterodimer of SMC5 and SMC6 in association with six non-SMC components in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is localized on repetitive rDNA and telomere and important for DNA replication and DNA damage repair. However, the molecular mechanism of SMC5-6 remains unclear, especially, how SMC5-6 responses for DNA damage repair.
The aim of the research here is to elucidate the molecular mechanism by structural studies of SMC5-6 complex.
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