Biology:dnaX

DNA pol III tau and gamma subunits
Identifiers
Organism	Escherichia coli (str. K-12 substr. MG1655)
Symbol	dnaX
Alt. symbols	dnaZ; ECK0464; JW0459
Entrez	945105
RefSeq (Prot)	NP_415003.1
UniProt	P06710
Other data
EC number	2.7.7.7
Chromosome	genome: 0.49 - 0.49 Mb
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DNA polymerase III subunits tau domain IV DnaB-binding
Identifiers
Symbol	DNA_pol3_tau_4
Pfam	PF12168
InterPro	IPR022001
Available protein structures: Pfam   structures / ECOD   PDB RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj PDBsum structure summary

DNA polymerase III tau subunit V interacting with alpha
Identifiers
Symbol	DNA_pol3_tau_5
Pfam	PF12170
InterPro	IPR021029
Available protein structures: Pfam   structures / ECOD   PDB RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj PDBsum structure summary

DnaX is the gene that codes for the τ and γ subunits of the DNA clamp loader of prokaryotes. The eukaryotic equivalent to the DNA clamp loader is Replication Factor C, which is encoded by RFC1, RFC2, RFC3, RFC4, and RFC5.