The RecF protein is involved in DNA metabolism; it is required for DNA replication and normal SOS inducibility. RecF binds preferentially to single-stranded, linear DNA. It also seems to bind ATP. Is recruited to repair centers, foci that are the site of double-strand DNA break(s) after RecN and RecO; recruitment may depend on RecO. Recruited to foci following DNA damage; probably interacts with RecO. Cytoplasmically located in untreated cells. Recruited to foci following treatment with DNA damaging agents; these foci are presumably the breaks themselves. They are almost always located within nucleoids. Belongs to the RecF family.