Complexed crystal structure of SSB reveals a novel single-stranded DNA binding mode (SSB)3:1: Phe60 is not crucial for defining binding paths

Single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) is essential to cells as it participates in DNA metabolic processes, such as DNA replication, repair, and recombination. Escherichia coli SSB (EcSSB) tetramer cooperatively binds and wraps ssDNA in two major binding modes. In this study, we report the complex crystal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa SSB (PaSSB) with ssDNA dT20 at 2.39 Å resolution (PDB entry 6JDG) that revealed a new binding mode,...