Member database | Pfam |
Pfam type | family |
Short name | Cas_Cas1 |
Author | Enright A;0000-0002-6090-3100 Ouzounis C;0000-0002-0086-8657 Bateman A;0000-0002-6982-4660 |
Sequence Ontology | 0100021 |
Description
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) are a family of DNA direct repeats found in many prokaryotic genomes. This family of proteins corresponds to Cas1, a CRISPR-associated protein. Cas1 may be involved in linking DNA segments to CRISPR
[1].
References
1.Clustered regularly interspaced short palindrome repeats (CRISPRs) have spacers of extrachromosomal origin. Bolotin A, Quinquis B, Sorokin A, Ehrlich SD. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) 151, 2551-61, (2005). View articlePMID: 16079334
Further reading
2. A guild of 45 CRISPR-associated (Cas) protein families and multiple CRISPR/Cas subtypes exist in prokaryotic genomes. Haft DH, Selengut J, Mongodin EF, Nelson KE. PLoS Comput. Biol. 1, e60, (2005). View articlePMID: 16292354
Integrated to
Representative structure
2yzs: Crystal structure of uncharacterized conserved protein from Aquifex aeolicus