DNA, where it acts as an essential cofactor for DNA polymerases and other proteins. The
sliding clamp needs to be opened and installed onto DNA by a clamp loader ATPase of the
AAA+ family. The human clamp loader replication factor C (RFC) and sliding clamp
proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) are both essential and play critical roles in several
diseases. Despite decades of study, no structure of human RFC has been resolved. Here …