Congratulation to group alumnus Dr. Max Xu and Dr. Chunli Yan and who published a new paper in the Journal of Molecular Biology that unravels the common origins of DNA clamp proteins’ subunit interface stability with implications for the function of these proteins in DNA replication.

• Perumal, S.K.; Xu, X.; Yan, C.; Ivanov, I. & Benkovic, S.J. Recognition of a key anchor residue by a conserved hydrophobic pocket ensures subunit interfaces integrity in DNA clamps.  Journal of Molecular Biology (2019) doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2019.04.035