Gene name	Blattner ID	Description	EcoCyc link	SwissProt comment
priA	b3935	primosomal protein N'(= factor Y)(putative helicase)	EG10763	FUNCTION: RECOGNIZES A SPECIFIC HAIRPIN SEQUENCE ON PHIX SSDNA; THIS STRUCTURE IS THEN RECOGNIZED AND BOUND BY PROTEINS PRIB AND PRIC. FORMATION OF THE PRIMOSOME PROCEEDS WITH THE SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS OF DNAB, DNAC, DNAT AND PRIMASE. PRIA THEN FUNCTIONS AS A HELICASE WITHIN THE PRIMOSOME. SIMILARITY: BELONGS TO THE PRIA SUBFAMILY OF HELICASES.