pfam08401: ArdcN (This model is not part of the current CDD release)
N-terminal domain of anti-restriction factor ArdC
This is the ssDNA binding domain of anti-restriction factor ArdC deployed by plasmids and phages in polyvalent proteins related to the BHD domains of XPC/Rad4 and the Tc-38 domain found in kinetoplastid minicircle binding proteins. The structure of this domain is composed of three alpha-helices and a three-stranded beta-sheet that supports a long and protuberant beta-hairpin. This domain is also found in the N-terminal region of the RP4 TraC1 primase, together with the Toprim domain (pfam:PF01751, pfam:PF13362 and pfam:PF13662).