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Using cryo-EM, we determined OBP structures at up to 2.8 Å resolution in multiple states:
1. bound to HSV-1 origin of replication (OriS) DNA

2. with a non-hydrolyzable ATP analog

3. as monomer, dimer, and higher-order assemblies
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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📜 The Herpes simplex Origin Binding Protein: Mechanisms for sequence specific DNA binding and dimerization revealed by Cryo-EM

🧑‍🔬 @emilgustavsson.bsky.social , Kay Grünewald, Per Elias, @bmhallberg.bsky.social

📔 Nucleic Acids Research @narjournal.bsky.social

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
The herpes simplex origin-binding protein: mechanisms for sequence-specific DNA binding and dimerization revealed by Cryo-EM
Abstract. Herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 (HSV-1,2) present growing treatment challenges due to increasing resistance to antivirals targeting viral DNA poly
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM