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Protein Science, Vol 5, Issue 1 178-180, Copyright © 1996 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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Two domains of superfamily I helicases may exist as separate proteins

E. V. KOONIN and K. E. RUDD
National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20894

DNA and RNA helicases of superfamily I are characterized by seven conserved motifs. The five N-terminal motifs are separated from the two C-terminal ones by a spacer that is highly variable in both sequence and length, suggesting the existence of two distinct domains. Using computer methods for protein sequence analysis, we show that PhoH, an ATP-binding protein that is conserved in Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium leprae, is homologous to the putative N-terminal domain of the helicases, whereas the putative E. coli protein YjhR is homologous to the C-terminal domain. These findings suggest that the N- and C-terminal domains of superfamily I helicases have distinct activities, with only the N-terminal domain having the ATPase activity. It is speculated that PhoH and YjhR have evolved from helicases through deletion of the portions of the helicase genes coding for the C- and N-terminal domain, respectively.
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