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. 1988 Jul;85(13):4628–4632. doi: 10.1073/pnas.85.13.4628

FLP recombinase is an enzyme.

C A Gates 1, M M Cox 1
PMCID: PMC280488  PMID: 3290899

Abstract

The FLP protein of the yeast 2-microns plasmid catalyzes intermolecular site-specific recombination with a turnover number of approximately equal to 0.12 min-1 (per FLP monomer) for relaxed DNA substrates. Under conditions that enhance its stability, the protein can be used in catalytic rather than stoichiometric amounts. The reaction rate exhibits a strong dependence on FLP protein concentration even when the protein is present in excess relative to available recombination sites.

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