FtsK DNA Translocase: The Fast Motor Tha
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Dr. Estelle Crozat; Prof. Dr. Ian Grainge
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract __FtsK is a double‐stranded DNA translocase, a motor that converts the chemical energy of binding and hydrolysing ATP into movement of a DNA substrate. It moves DNA at an amazing rate—>5000 bp per second—and is powerful enough to remove other proteins from the DNA. In bacteria it is loc