| Type: | Family | Name: | Nucleoid-associated protein YbaB family |
| Description: | This is a family of DNA-binding proteins. It is restricted to bacteria and plants. Members of this family form homodimers which bind DNA via a tweezer-like structure [, , ]. The conformation of the DNA is changed when bound to these proteins []. In bacteria, these proteins may play a role in DNA replication-recovery following DNA damage []. The plant form contains an additional N-terminal region that may serve as a transit peptide and shows a close relationship to the cyanobacterial member, suggesting that it is a chloroplast protein.The crystal structure YbaB from Haemophilus influenzaerevealed a core structure consisting of two layers, alpha/beta; YbaB forms a tight dimer with a 3-layer structure, beta/alpha/beta []. | Short Name: | YbaB |
