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From: Finding of widespread viral and bacterial revolution dsDNA translocation motors distinct from rotation motors by channel chirality and size

Figure 5

Chirality comparison of revolution and rotation motors. (A) In revolution motors, the right-handed DNA revolves within a left-handed channel, such as in the connector channels of bacteriophage Phi29 [46], P22 [45], and SPP1 [65]. (B) In rotation motors, the right-handed DNA rotates through a right-handed channel via the parallel thread, with RecA [76], DnaB [69] and E1 helicase [79] shown as examples. For E1 helicase, only the inside right-handed hairpin staircases that traces along the ssDNA are shown.

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