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The crystal structure of Haloferax volcanii proliferating cell nuclear antigen reveals unique surface charge characteristics due to halophilic adaptation

Jody A Winter1, Panayiotis Christofi1, Shaun Morroll1,2 and Karen A Bunting1*

1 Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK

2 Current address: Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

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BMC Structural Biology 2009, 9:55 doi:10.1186/1472-6807-9-55

Published: 22 August 2009

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Figure S1 – Electrostatic surfaces of classical PCNAs. Figure S2 – Sodium ion binding at a crystal packing interface. Table S1 – Interactions at the monomer-monomer interface. Table S2 – Amino acid usage in PCNAs. Table S3 – B factor analysis. Tables S4 and S5 – Na+ coordination distances.

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Animation demonstrating the reduction in electrostatic potential in the HvPCNA pore.

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Animation demonstrating the electrostatic charge in the pore of a classical PCNA (AfPCNA).

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