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. 2018 Jan 8;9:97. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02570-5

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

Proposed mechanism of RNA degradation by Cg-mtEXO. The cycle of ATP binding, hydrolysis and ADP release (black arrows) induces conformational changes of Suv3 helicase (blue arrows). The RecA2 domain (purple) would move toward the RecA1 domain (cyan) and away from it (blue arrows), while Suv3-Dss1 contacts would be maintained. The movements of RecA domains lead to the translocation of the 3′ end of the RNA (orange) into the RNA-binding channel and toward the active site of Dss1 nuclease (blue)