The canonical single-stranded DNA binding protein SSB is not an essential replication protein but an RNA chaperon in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Saccharolobus islandicus REY15A
Y. Xiao, Z. Jiang, M. Zhang, X. Zhang, Q. Gan, Y. Yang, P. Wu, X. Feng, J. Ni, X. Dong, Q. She, Q. Huang, Y. Shen
This study shows that the canonical SSB in Saccharolobus islandicus REY15A is not essential for DNA replication but functions as an RNA chaperone, with conserved activities in related archaea.
bioRxiv · Jul 6, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology