Table 1.
E. coli proteins that interact with the β clamp via the β-binding pentapeptide motif QL[SD]LF or similar sequence [67].
| β-interacting proteins | β-binding sequence | References |
|---|---|---|
| UmuD | 14TFPLF18 | [52, 53](1) |
| DNA Pol V (UmuC) | 357QLNLF361 | [127, 128] |
| DNA Pol IV (DinB) | 346QLVLGL351 | [68, 127, 129] |
| DNA Pol II (Pol B) | 779QLGLF783 | [127] |
| DNA Pol III (α-subunit) | 920QADMF924 | [130] |
| δ-subunit Clamp Loader | 70AMSLF74 | [131] |
| MutS | 812QMSLL816 | [132] |
| Hda | 6QLSLPL11 | [133] |
(1)Although these residues reside in an important region for interactions with the β clamp, their identity is not required for UmuD to interact with β (see text Section 5).