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  • Liu, B.; Yildirir, G.; Wang, J.; Tolun, G.; Griffith, J.D.; Englund, P.T.
    TbPIF1, a Trypanosoma brucei mitochondrial DNA helicase, is essential for kinetoplast minicircle replication (2010), J. Biol. Chem., 285, 7056-7066.
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Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Trypanosoma brucei Q384Y1
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
TbPIF1
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Trypanosoma brucei

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
malfunction RNAi of TbPIF1 causes a growth defect and kinetoplast DNA loss. Minicircle replication intermediates decrease during RNAi, and there is an accumulation of multiply interlocked, covalently closed minicircle dimers (fraction U) Trypanosoma brucei
physiological function TbPIF1 functions in minicircle replication Trypanosoma brucei