Rec A Recombinases
Description
  A family of recombinases initially identified in BACTERIA. They catalyze the ATP-driven exchange of DNA strands in GENETIC RECOMBINATION. The product of the reaction consists of a duplex and a displaced single-stranded loop, which has the shape of the letter D and is therefore called a D-loop structure.
Synonyms
  Rec A Protein
RecA Protein
Recombinases, Rec A
Parents
  Nucleotidyltransferases
Recombinases
Children
  Rad51 Recombinase
Experts
  Donald Bryant
Zhenwu Lin
Hong Ma
Tree Numbers
  D08.811.739.650
D08.811.913.696.445.692
MeSH ID
  D011938

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