THE PD-(D/E)XK SUPERFAMILY REVISITED: IDENTIFICATION OF NEW MEMBERS AMONG PROTEINS INVOLVED IN DNA METABOLISM AND FUNCTIONAL PREDICTIONS FOR DOMAINS OF (HITHERTO) UNKNOWN FUNCTION

The PD-(D/E)XK superfamily revisited: identification of new members among proteins involved in DNA metabolism and functional predictions for domains of (hitherto) unknown function

Abstract Background The PD-(D/E)XK nuclease superfamily, initially identified in type II restriction endonucleases and later in many enzymes involved in DNA recombination and repair, is one of the most challenging targets for protein sequence analysis and structure prediction.Typically, the sequence similarity between these proteins is so low, that

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