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Why DnaA protein is the first protein in the genebank file?

why chromosomal replication initiator proteins are marked as the first protein in the genebank of a complete circular DNA ?

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See this post

A: Position 1 in closed circular genome.

and mine, Cliff and Piet answers there.

DnaA determines where to start bacterial circular genome replication - in bacterial origin.

It's much more complicated in eucaryotic genomes.

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