Protein
Primosomal replication protein N''
Organism
Escherichia coli (strain K12)
Function
PriA recognizes a specific hairpin sequence on bacteriophage phi X174 ssDNA. This structure is then recognized and bound by proteins PriB and PriC. Formation of the primosome proceeds with the subsequent actions of DnaB, DnaC, DnaT and primase.
Sequence
MKTALLLEKLEGQLATLRQRCAPVSQFATLSARFDRHLFQTRATTLQACLDEAGDNLAALRHAVEQQQLPQVAWLAEHLAAQLEAIAREASAWSLREWDSAPPKIARWQRKRIQHQDFERRLREMVAERRARLARVTDLVEQQTLHREVEAYEARLARCRHALEKIENRLARLTR