Molecular machines that maintain chromosome structure organise DNA by pulling it into loops, but they do it one-sided and can even switch directions.

New paper with contributions from our Peters lab!
Reposted from Cees Dekker
New discovery from our #CDlab reported in Cell @cp-cell.bsky.social today:
SMC motor proteins have a left-right ‘gearbox’ and can switch direction in DNA loop extrusion!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

1/

Comments