A structural role for the PHP domain in E. coli DNA polymerase III.
Barros, T., Guenther, J., Kelch, B., Anaya, J., Prabhakar, A., O Donnell, M., Kuriyan, J., Lamers, M.H.(2013) BMC Struct Biol 13: 8-8
- PubMed: 23672456 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6807-13-8
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4JOM - PubMed Abstract: 
In addition to the core catalytic machinery, bacterial replicative DNA polymerases contain a Polymerase and Histidinol Phosphatase (PHP) domain whose function is not entirely understood. The PHP domains of some bacterial replicases are active metal-dependent nucleases that may play a role in proofreading. In E. coli DNA polymerase III, however, the PHP domain has lost several metal-coordinating residues and is likely to be catalytically inactive.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.