SummaryConjugative DNA transfer is a highly conserved process for the direct transfer of DNA from a donor to a recipient. The conjugative initiator proteins are key players in the DNA processing reactions that initiate DNA transfer -they introduce a site-and strand-specific break in the DNA backbone via a transesterification that leaves the initiator protein covalently bound on the 5Ј-end of the cleaved DNA strand
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