Ekaterina Belousova

Dr. Ekaterina Belousova


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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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EBElizaveta O. Boldinova
Elizaveta O. Boldinova
EBEkaterina Belousova
Ekaterina Belousova
DGDiana I. Gagarinskaya
Diana I. Gagarinskaya
EMEkaterina Maltseva
Ekaterina Maltseva
SKSvetlana N. Khodyreva
Svetlana N. Khodyreva
AMAlena Makarova
Alena Makarova
Human PrimPol is a unique enzyme possessing DNA/RNA primase and DNA polymerase activities. In this work, we demonstrated that PrimPol efficiently fills a 5-nt gap and possesses the conditional strand displacement activity stimulated by Mn2+ ions and accessory replicative proteins RPA and PolDIP2. The DNA displacement activity of PrimPol was found to be more efficient than the RNA displacement activity and FEN1 processed the 5′-DNA flaps generated by PrimPol in vitro.