This is an alpha-helical lobe domain found in Cas9 proteins. Cas9 enzymes adopt a bilobed architecture composed of a nuclease lobe containing juxtaposed RuvC and HNH nuclease domains and a variable alpha-helical lobe likely to be involved in nucleic ...
This is an alpha-helical lobe domain found in Cas9 proteins. Cas9 enzymes adopt a bilobed architecture composed of a nuclease lobe containing juxtaposed RuvC and HNH nuclease domains and a variable alpha-helical lobe likely to be involved in nucleic acid binding. Amino acid residues located in both the nuclease and alpha-helical lobe clefts are highly conserved within type II-A Cas9 proteins [1].