Protein
Replication initiation protein
Organism
Bacillus anthracis
Function
Essential for replication. Binds specifically to a 60-bp region corresponding to the putative origin of replication of pXO2. Binds also nonspecifically to single-stranded DNA with lower affinity.
Sequence
MNTVQKAIELILHKGLRKYKSKNSKAGLVSIANQEKFESKVLNGKKNKKGSIFITRKKEDLRAKFGTRGVVLSSEEAVLDHVGQASHWTPNVYNFGTYGQNGLRTIVGHTEKNLQQINCFVIDIDSKSFPMTAINDVALNAGFGVPTMILETTKGYQVYYVLDKAVYVSNNKNFIAIKSAKRISQNLREMFADSLPNVDLTCNHFGFFRMPSVQNIVMFFEENVYTFKELQEWSKRQDDNKGNEQFHNVIESPFAKNAPVEQPKQMDELWFKQVISCTNVSPKQTKAGRNNAIFTLSLACFQSQYAIKDTMDLMDQFNSNLEQPLEHTEVRGIVMSAYSGKYQAAHKDYIERLLQTYGMGQASAFRAPSVLWKKHKKQRKDRVRSHWHEWEADIITFLSMNSNNKPVLYFTQSELCEALNVPRSTLNTVLKKSTKIYKTVEGKGKTAKTGLSTLGMLIAFALKENGKRRESYLNYLQGLFPKTGNILEQAKTSNVMEEQETLYGILEGLPAG