Type: | Domain | Name: | Telomere-binding protein, beta subunit domain |
Description: | Telomeres are specialised protein-DNA complexes that compose the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes. Telomeres protect chromosome termini from degradation and recombination and act together with telomerase to ensure complete genome replication. TEBP beta forms a complex with TEBP alpha and this complex is able to recognise and bind ssDNA to form a sequence-specific, telomeric nucleoprotein complex that caps the very 3' ends of chromosomes [].This domain is found in a family that consists of several telomere-binding protein beta subunits, which appear to be specific to the Oxytrichidae, and represents the OB-binding fold. | Short Name: | TEBP_beta_domain |