Abstract
The tripartite ring of the bacterial condensin complex Smc-ScpAB entraps DNA to separate replicated chromosomes. The cycle of ring opening and closing is dependent on ATP hydrolysis. In this issue of Structure, Kamada etal. (2017) report on the tripartite-ring structural dynamics and their role in regulating this cycle.
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