Tyrosine recombinase (integrase) belongs to a DNA breaking-rejoining enzyme superfamily. The catalytic domain contains six conserved active site residues. The recombination reaction involves cleavage of a single strand of a DNA duplex by nucleophilic attack of a conserved tyrosine to give a 3' phosphotyrosyl protein-DNA adduct. In the second rejoining step, a terminal 5' hydroxyl attacks the covalent adduct to release the enzyme and generate duplex DNA. Many DNA breaking-rejoining enzymes also have N-terminal domains, which show little sequence or structure similarity.
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