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Gulbis JM, Kazmirski SL, Finkelstein J, Kelman Z, O'Donnell M, Kuriyan J. Crystal structure of the chi:psi sub-assembly of the Escherichia coli DNA polymerase clamp-loader complex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 271:439-49. [PMID: 14717711 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03944.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The chi (chi) and psi (psi) subunits of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III form a heterodimer that is associated with the ATP-dependent clamp-loader machinery. In E. coli, the chi:psi heterodimer serves as a bridge between the clamp-loader complex and the single-stranded DNA-binding protein. We determined the crystal structure of the chi:psi heterodimer at 2.1 A resolution. Although neither chi (147 residues) nor psi (137 residues) bind to nucleotides, the fold of each protein is similar to the folds of mononucleotide-(chi) or dinucleotide-(psi) binding proteins, without marked similarity to the structures of the clamp-loader subunits. Genes encoding chi and psi proteins are found to be readily identifiable in several bacterial genomes and sequence alignments showed that residues at the chi:psi interface are highly conserved in both proteins, suggesting that the heterodimeric interaction is of functional significance. The conservation of surface-exposed residues is restricted to the interfacial region and to just two other regions in the chi:psi complex. One of the conserved regions was found to be located on chi, distal to the psi interaction region, and we identified this as the binding site for a C-terminal segment of the single-stranded DNA-binding protein. The other region of sequence conservation is localized to an N-terminal segment of psi (26 residues) that is disordered in the crystal structure. We speculate that psi is linked to the clamp-loader complex by this flexible, but conserved, N-terminal segment, and that the chi:psi unit is linked to the single-stranded DNA-binding protein via the distal surface of chi. The base of the clamp-loader complex has an open C-shaped structure, and the shape of the chi:psi complex is suggestive of a loose docking within the crevice formed by the open faces of the delta and delta' subunits of the clamp-loader.
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- Jacqueline M Gulbis
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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Lo T, van Der Schalie E, Werner T, Brun YV, Din N. A temperature-sensitive mutation in the dnaE gene of Caulobacter crescentus that prevents initiation of DNA replication but not ongoing elongation of DNA. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:1205-12. [PMID: 14762018 PMCID: PMC344199 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.4.1205-1212.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A genetic screen for cell division cycle mutants of Caulobacter crescentus identified a temperature-sensitive DNA replication mutant. Genetic complementation experiments revealed a mutation within the dnaE gene, encoding the alpha-catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. Sequencing of the temperature-sensitive dnaE allele indicated a single base pair substitution resulting in a change from valine to glutamic acid within the C-terminal portion of the protein. This mutation lies in a region of the DnaE protein shown in Escherichia coli, to be important in interactions with other essential DNA replication proteins. Using DNA replication assays and fluorescence flow cytometry, we show that the observed block in DNA synthesis in the Caulobacter dnaE mutant strain occurs at the initiation stage of replication and that there is also a partial block of DNA elongation.
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- Teresa Lo
- Department of Biology, Loyola College, Baltimore, Maryland 21210, USA
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Viguera E, Petranovic M, Zahradka D, Germain K, Ehrlich DS, Michel B. Lethality of bypass polymerases in Escherichia coli cells with a defective clamp loader complex of DNA polymerase III. Mol Microbiol 2003; 50:193-204. [PMID: 14507374 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03658.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III (Pol III) is one of the best studied replicative DNA polymerases. Here we report the properties of an E. coli mutant that lacks one of the subunits of the Pol III clamp loader complex, Psi (psi), as a result of the complete inactivation of the holD gene. We show that, in this mutant, chronic induction of the SOS response in a RecFOR-dependent way leads to lethality at high temperature. The SOS-induced proteins that are lethal in the holD mutant are the specialized DNA polymerases Pol II and Pol IV, combined with the division inhibitor SfiA. Prevention of SOS induction or inactivation of Pol II, Pol IV and SfiA encoding genes allows growth of the holD mutant, although at a reduced rate compared to a wild-type cell. In contrast, the SOS-induced Pol V DNA polymerase does not participate to the lethality of the holD mutant. We conclude that: (i) Psi is essential for efficient replication of the E. coli chromosome; (ii) SOS-induction of specialized DNA polymerases can be lethal in cells in which the replicative polymerase is defective, and (iii) specialized DNA polymerases differ in respect to their access to inactivated replication forks.
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- Enrique Viguera
- Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78350 Jouy en Josas, France
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Ellison V, Stillman B. Biochemical characterization of DNA damage checkpoint complexes: clamp loader and clamp complexes with specificity for 5' recessed DNA. PLoS Biol 2003; 1:E33. [PMID: 14624239 PMCID: PMC261875 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0000033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2003] [Accepted: 08/23/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The cellular pathways involved in maintaining genome stability halt cell cycle progression in the presence of DNA damage or incomplete replication. Proteins required for this pathway include Rad17, Rad9, Hus1, Rad1, and Rfc-2, Rfc-3, Rfc-4, and Rfc-5. The heteropentamer replication factor C (RFC) loads during DNA replication the homotrimer proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) polymerase clamp onto DNA. Sequence similarities suggest the biochemical functions of an RSR (Rad17–Rfc2–Rfc3–Rfc4–Rfc5) complex and an RHR heterotrimer (Rad1–Hus1–Rad9) may be similar to that of RFC and PCNA, respectively. RSR purified from human cells loads RHR onto DNA in an ATP-, replication protein A-, and DNA structure-dependent manner. Interestingly, RSR and RFC differed in their ATPase activities and displayed distinct DNA substrate specificities. RSR preferred DNA substrates possessing 5′ recessed ends whereas RFC preferred 3′ recessed end DNA substrates. Characterization of the biochemical loading reaction executed by the checkpoint clamp loader RSR suggests new insights into the mechanisms underlying recognition of damage-induced DNA structures and signaling to cell cycle controls. The observation that RSR loads its clamp onto a 5′ recessed end supports a potential role for RHR and RSR in diverse DNA metabolism, such as stalled DNA replication forks, recombination-linked DNA repair, and telomere maintenance, among other processes. A cell cycle checkpoint complex is shown to bind preferentially to DNA with 5'recessed ends. This activity suggests that the complex might be involved in various DNA maintenance pathways
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- Viola Ellison
- 1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring HarborNew YorkUnited States of America
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- 1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring HarborNew YorkUnited States of America
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Yao N, Coryell L, Zhang D, Georgescu RE, Finkelstein J, Coman MM, Hingorani MM, O'Donnell M. Replication factor C clamp loader subunit arrangement within the circular pentamer and its attachment points to proliferating cell nuclear antigen. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:50744-53. [PMID: 14530260 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309206200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Replication factor C (RFC) is a heteropentameric AAA+ protein clamp loader of the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) processivity factor. The prokaryotic homologue, gamma complex, is also a heteropentamer, and structural studies show the subunits are arranged in a circle. In this report, Saccharomyces cerevisiae RFC protomers are examined for their interaction with each other and PCNA. The data lead to a model of subunit order around the circle. A characteristic of AAA+ oligomers is the use of bipartite ATP sites in which one subunit supplies a catalytic arginine residue for hydrolysis of ATP bound to the neighboring subunit. We find that the RFC(3/4) complex is a DNA-dependent ATPase, and we use this activity to determine that RFC3 supplies a catalytic arginine to the ATP site of RFC4. This information, combined with the subunit arrangement, defines the composition of the remaining ATP sites. Furthermore, the RFC(2/3) and RFC(3/4) subassemblies bind stably to PCNA, yet neither RFC2 nor RFC4 bind tightly to PCNA, indicating that RFC3 forms a strong contact point to PCNA. The RFC1 subunit also binds PCNA tightly, and we identify two hydrophobic residues in RFC1 that are important for this interaction. Therefore, at least two subunits in RFC make strong contacts with PCNA, unlike the Escherichia coli gamma complex in which only one subunit makes strong contact with the beta clamp. Multiple strong contact points to PCNA may reflect the extra demands of loading the PCNA trimeric ring onto DNA compared with the dimeric beta ring.
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- Nina Yao
- The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 1002, USA
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Haroniti A, Till R, Smith MCM, Soultanas P. Clamp-loader-helicase interaction in Bacillus. Leucine 381 is critical for pentamerization and helicase binding of the Bacillus tau protein. Biochemistry 2003; 42:10955-64. [PMID: 12974630 PMCID: PMC3034353 DOI: 10.1021/bi034955g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Recently, we revealed the architecture of the clamp-loader-helicase (tau-DnaB) complex in Bacillus by atomic force microscopy imaging and constructed a structural model, whereby a pentameric clamp-loader interacts with the hexameric helicase. Crucial to this model is the assumption that the clamp-loader forms a pentamer in the absence of other components of the clamp-loader complex such as deltadelta'. Here, we show that the Bacillus subtilis tau protein, even in the absence of deltadelta', interacts as a pentamer with the hexameric DnaB and that the L381 of tau is critical for the integrity of the tau oligomer and interaction with DnaB. The effects of the L381A mutation were confirmed by gel filtration, ultracentrifugation, circular dichroism, cross-linking studies, and genetic replacement of the dnaX gene with a mutant L381A dnaX gene in vivo. The L381A protein is able to support growth in vivo only when expressed in high quantities. Finally, despite the fact that a mutation at P465 has been reported to result in a thermosensitive gene in vivo, a P465L mutant protein interacts with DnaB in vitro suggesting that this defect is not a result of a defective tau-DnaB interaction.
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- Corresponding author. Tel.: (+44)-(0)-115-9513525. Fax: (+44)-(0)-115-9513564.
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McHenry CS. Chromosomal replicases as asymmetric dimers: studies of subunit arrangement and functional consequences. Mol Microbiol 2003; 49:1157-65. [PMID: 12940977 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03645.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Studies of the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme of Escherichia coli support a model in which both the leading and lagging strand polymerases are held together in a complex with the replicative helicase and priming activities, allowing two identical alpha catalytic subunits to assume different functions on the two strands of the replication fork. Creation of distinct functions for each of the two polymerases within the holoenzyme depends on the asymmetric character of the entire complex. The asymmetry of the holoenzyme is created by the DnaX complex, a heptamer that includes tau and gamma products of the dnaX gene. tau and gamma perform unique functions in the DnaX complex, and the interaction between alpha and tau appears to dictate the catalytic subunit's role in the replicative reaction. This review considers the properties of the DnaX complex including both tau and gamma, with the goal of understanding the properties of the replicase and its function in vivo. Recent studies in eukaryotic and other prokaryotic systems suggest that an asymmetric dimeric replicase may be universal. The leading and lagging strand polymerases may be distinct in some systems. For example, Pol e and Pol delta may function as distinct leading and lagging strand polymerases in eukaryotes, and PolC and DnaE may function as distinct leading and lagging strand polymerases in low GC content Gram-positive bacteria.
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- Charles S McHenry
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Davydova EK, Rothman-Denes LB. Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein mediates template recycling during transcription by bacteriophage N4 virion RNA polymerase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:9250-5. [PMID: 12876194 PMCID: PMC170904 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1133325100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Coliphage N4 virion RNA polymerase (vRNAP), the most distantly related member of the T7-like family of RNA polymerases, is responsible for transcription of the early genes of the linear double-stranded DNA phage genome. Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein (EcoSSB) is required for N4 early transcription in vivo, as well as for in vitro transcription on super-coiled DNA templates containing vRNAP promoters. In contrast to other DNA-dependent RNA polymerases, vRNAP initiates transcription on single-stranded, promoter-containing templates with in vivo specificity; however, the RNA product is not displaced, thus limiting template usage to one round. We show that EcoSSB activates vRNAP transcription at limiting single-stranded template concentrations through template recycling. EcoSSB binds to the template and to the nascent transcript and prevents the formation of a transcriptionally inert RNA:DNA hybrid. Using C-terminally truncated EcoSSB mutant proteins, human mitochondrial SSB (Hsmt SSB), phage P1 SSB, and F episome-encoded SSB, as well as a Hsmt-EcoSSB chimera, we have mapped a determinant of template recycling to the C-terminal amino acids of EcoSSB. T7 RNAP contains an amino-terminal domain responsible for binding the RNA product as it exits from the enzyme. No sequence similarity to this domain exists in vRNAP. Hereby, we propose a unique role for EcoSSB: It functionally substitutes in N4 vRNAP for the N-terminal domain of T7 RNAP responsible for RNA binding.
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- Elena K Davydova
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Witte G, Urbanke C, Curth U. DNA polymerase III chi subunit ties single-stranded DNA binding protein to the bacterial replication machinery. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:4434-40. [PMID: 12888503 PMCID: PMC169888 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2003] [Revised: 05/28/2003] [Accepted: 06/05/2003] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) protein binds to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) at the lagging strand of the replication fork in Escherichia coli cells. This protein is essential for the survival of the E.coli cell, presumably because it shields the ssDNA and holds it in a suitable conformation for replication by DNA polymerase III. In this study we undertook a biophysical analysis of the interaction between the SSB protein of E.coli and the chi subunit of DNA polymerase III. Using analytical ultracentrifugation we show that at low salt concentrations there is an increase in the stability in the physical interaction between chi and an EcoSSB/ssDNA complex when compared to that of chi to EcoSSB alone. This increase in stability disappeared in high salt conditions. The sedimentation of an EcoSSB protein lacking its C-terminal 26 amino acids remains unchanged in the presence of chi, showing that chi interacts specifically with the C-terminus of EcoSSB. In DNA melting experiments we demonstrate that chi specifically enhances the ssDNA stabilization by EcoSSB. Thus, the binding of EcoSSB to chi at the replication fork prevents premature dissociation of EcoSSB from the lagging strand and thereby enhances the processivity of DNA polymerase III.
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- Gregor Witte
- Medizinische Hochschule, Zentrale Einrichtung für Biophysikalisch-Biochemische Verfahren, Carl Neuberg Strasse 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
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Johnson A, O'Donnell M. Ordered ATP hydrolysis in the gamma complex clamp loader AAA+ machine. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:14406-13. [PMID: 12582167 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212708200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The gamma complex couples ATP hydrolysis to the loading of beta sliding clamps onto DNA for processive replication. The gamma complex structure shows that the clamp loader subunits are arranged as a circular heteropentamer. The three gamma motor subunits bind ATP, the delta wrench opens the beta ring, and the delta' stator modulates the delta-beta interaction. Neither delta nor delta' bind ATP. This report demonstrates that the delta' stator contributes a catalytic arginine for hydrolysis of ATP bound to the adjacent gamma(1) subunit. Thus, the delta' stator contributes to the motor function of the gamma trimer. Mutation of arginine 169 of gamma, which removes the catalytic arginines from only the gamma(2) and gamma(3) ATP sites, abolishes ATPase activity even though ATP site 1 is intact and all three sites are filled. This result implies that hydrolysis of the three ATP molecules occurs in a particular order, the reverse of ATP binding, where ATP in site 1 is not hydrolyzed until ATP in sites 2 and/or 3 is hydrolyzed. Implications of these results to clamp loaders of other systems are discussed.
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- Aaron Johnson
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Ahamed A, Rahman A, Hayashi F, Ueji S, Amakawa T, Tsurumi S. Isolation of chromosaponin I-specific antibody by affinity chromatography. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 302:587-92. [PMID: 12615075 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00217-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chromosaponin I (CSI), a gamma-pyronyl-triterpenoid saponin isolated from pea and other leguminous plants, modulates several developmental processes of plant roots and activates the sugar taste receptor cells in blowflies. CSI is a unique saponin for its reducing power and biological activities in both plants and insects. In the present paper, we described the method of preparation for CSI-specific antibody using CSI-affinity and soyasaponin I-affinity columns. The antibody's-specific binding activity to CSI was confirmed by a bioassay using Arabidopsis roots and a ligand-molecule interaction analysis using BIAcore 3000. Because of the lability of CSI, the CSI-affinity column was made only by a moderate reaction condition in which CSI was coupled to EAH Sepharose 4B in the presence of 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC). The special control of the reaction temperature was essential to complete the coupling reaction; the reaction with EDC at 0 degrees C followed by a gradual increase in temperature.
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- Arifa Ahamed
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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Bruck I, Yuzhakov A, Yurieva O, Jeruzalmi D, Skangalis M, Kuriyan J, O'Donnell M. Analysis of a multicomponent thermostable DNA polymerase III replicase from an extreme thermophile. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:17334-48. [PMID: 11859073 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110198200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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This report takes a proteomic/genomic approach to characterize the DNA polymerase III replication apparatus of the extreme thermophile, Aquifex aeolicus. Genes (dnaX, holA, and holB) encoding the subunits required for clamp loading activity (tau, delta, and delta') were identified. The dnaX gene produces only the full-length product, tau, and therefore differs from Escherichia coli dnaX that produces two proteins (gamma and tau). Nonetheless, the A. aeolicus proteins form a taudeltadelta' complex. The dnaN gene encoding the beta clamp was identified, and the taudeltadelta' complex is active in loading beta onto DNA. A. aeolicus contains one dnaE homologue, encoding the alpha subunit of DNA polymerase III. Like E. coli, A. aeolicus alpha and tau interact, although the interaction is not as tight as the alpha-tau contact in E. coli. In addition, the A. aeolicus homologue to dnaQ, encoding the epsilon proofreading 3'-5'-exonuclease, interacts with alpha but does not form a stable alpha.epsilon complex, suggesting a need for a brace or bridging protein to tightly couple the polymerase and exonuclease in this system. Despite these differences to the E. coli system, the A. aeolicus proteins function to yield a robust replicase that retains significant activity at 90 degrees C. Similarities and differences between the A. aeolicus and E. coli pol III systems are discussed, as is application of thermostable pol III to biotechnology.
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- Irina Bruck
- Rockefeller University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Bullard JM, Pritchard AE, Song MS, Glover BP, Wieczorek A, Chen J, Janjic N, McHenry CS. A three-domain structure for the delta subunit of the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme delta domain III binds delta' and assembles into the DnaX complex. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:13246-56. [PMID: 11809766 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108708200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Using psi-BLAST, we have developed a method for identifying the poorly conserved delta subunit of the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme from all sequenced bacteria. This approach, starting with Escherichia coli delta, leads not only to the identification of delta but also to the DnaX and delta' subunits of the DnaX complex and other AAA(+)-class ATPases. This suggests that, although not an ATPase, delta is related structurally to the other subunits of the DnaX complex that loads the beta sliding clamp processivity factor onto DNA. To test this prediction, we aligned delta sequences with those of delta' and, using the start of delta' Domain III established from its x-ray crystal structure, predicted the juncture between Domains II and III of delta. This putative delta Domain III could be expressed to high levels, consistent with the prediction that it folds independently. delta Domain III, like Domain III of DnaX and delta', assembles by itself into a complex with the other DnaX complex components. Cross-linking studies indicated a contact of delta with the DnaX subunits. These observations are consistent with a model where two tau subunits and one each of the gamma, delta', and delta subunits mutually interact to form a pentameric functional core for the DnaX complex.
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A coherent view of the structure and function of DNA polymerase processivity factors (sliding clamps and clamp loaders) is emerging from recent structural studies. Crystal structures of sliding clamps from the T4 and RB69 bacteriophages, and from an archaebacterium expand the gallery of ring-shaped processivity factors and clarify how the clamp interacts with the DNA polymerase. Crystallographic and electron microscopic views of clamp loaders from bacteria, archaebacteria and eukaryotes emphasize their common architecture and have produced models of how ATPbinding might be coupled to clamp opening/loading.
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- David Jeruzalmi
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Leu FP, O'Donnell M. Interplay of clamp loader subunits in opening the beta sliding clamp of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:47185-94. [PMID: 11572866 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106780200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli beta dimer is a ring-shaped protein that encircles DNA and acts as a sliding clamp to tether the replicase, DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, to DNA. The gamma complex (gammadeltadelta'chipsi) clamp loader couples ATP to the opening and closing of beta in assembly of the ring onto DNA. These proteins are functionally and structurally conserved in all cells. The eukaryotic equivalents are the replication factor C (RFC) clamp loader and the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) clamp. The delta subunit of the E. coli gamma complex clamp loader is known to bind beta and open it by parting one of the dimer interfaces. This study demonstrates that other subunits of gamma complex also bind beta, although weaker than delta. The gamma subunit like delta, affects the opening of beta, but with a lower efficiency than delta. The delta' subunit regulates both gamma and delta ring opening activities in a fashion that is modulated by ATP interaction with gamma. The implications of these actions for the workings of the E. coli clamp loading machinery and for eukaryotic RFC and PCNA are discussed.
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- F P Leu
- Department of Pharmacology, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Wenzel J, Gerdsen R, Uerlich M, Bauer R, Bieber T, Boehm I. Antibodies targeting extractable nuclear antigens: historical development and current knowledge. Br J Dermatol 2001; 145:859-67. [PMID: 11899137 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04577.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- J Wenzel
- Department of Dermatology, University of Bonn, Germany.
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Glover BP, Pritchard AE, McHenry CS. tau binds and organizes Escherichia coli replication proteins through distinct domains: domain III, shared by gamma and tau, oligomerizes DnaX. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:35842-6. [PMID: 11463787 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103719200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The tau and gamma proteins of the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme DnaX complex are products of the dnaX gene with gamma being a truncated version of tau arising from ribosomal frameshifting. tau is comprised of five structural domains, the first three of which are shared by gamma (Gao, D., and McHenry, C. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 4433-4453). In the absence of the other holoenzyme subunits, DnaX exists as a tetramer. Association of delta, delta', chi, and psi with domain III of DnaX(4) results in a DnaX complex with a stoichiometry of DnaX(3)deltadelta'chipsi. To identify which domain facilitates DnaX self-association, we examined the properties of purified biotin-tagged DnaX fusion proteins containing domains I-II or III-V. Unlike domain I-II, treatment of domain III-V, gamma, and tau with the chemical cross-linking reagent BS3 resulted in the appearance of high molecular weight intramolecular cross-linked protein. Gel filtration of domains I-II and III-V demonstrated that domain I-II was monomeric, and domain III-V was an oligomer. Biotin-tagged domain III-V, and not domain I-II, was able to form a mixed DnaX complex by recruiting tau, delta, delta', chi, and psi onto streptavidin-agarose beads. Thus, domain III not only contains the delta, delta', chi, and psi binding interface, but also the region that enables DnaX to oligomerize.
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- B P Glover
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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Song MS, Pham PT, Olson M, Carter JR, Franden MA, Schaaper RM, McHenry CS. The delta and delta ' subunits of the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme are essential for initiation complex formation and processive elongation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:35165-75. [PMID: 11432857 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100389200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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delta and delta' are required for assembly of the processivity factor beta(2) onto primed DNA in the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme-catalyzed reaction. We developed protocols for generating highly purified preparations of delta and delta'. In holoenzyme reconstitution assays, delta' could not be replaced by delta, tau, or gamma, even when either of the latter were present at a 10,000-fold molar excess. Likewise, delta could not be replaced by delta', tau, or gamma. Bacterial strains bearing chromosomal knockouts of either the holA(delta) or holB(delta') genes were not viable, demonstrating that both delta and delta' are essential. Western blots of isolated initiation complexes demonstrated the presence of both delta and delta'. However, in the absence of chipsi and single-stranded DNA-binding protein, a stable initiation complex lacking deltadelta' was isolated by gel filtration. Lack of delta-delta' decreased the rate of elongation about 3-fold, and the extent of processive replication was significantly decreased. Adding back delta-delta' but not chipsi, delta, or delta' alone restored the diminished activity, indicating that in addition to being key components required for the beta loading activity of the DnaX complex, deltadelta' is present in initiation complex and is required for processive elongation.
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- M S Song
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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Pritchard AE, McHenry CS. Assembly of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme: co-assembly of gamma and tau is inhibited by DnaX complex accessory proteins but stimulated by DNA polymerase III core. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:35217-22. [PMID: 11463784 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102735200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although the two alternative Escherichia coli dnaX gene products, tau and gamma, are found co-assembled in purified DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, the pathway of assembly is not well understood. When the 10 subunits of holoenzyme are simultaneously mixed, they rapidly form a nine-subunit assembly containing tau but not gamma. We developed a new assay based on the binding of complexes containing biotin-tagged tau to streptavidin-coated agarose beads to investigate the effects of various DNA polymerase III holoenzyme subunits on the kinetics of co-assembly of gamma and tau into the same complex. Auxiliary proteins in combination with delta' almost completely blocked co-assembly, whereas chipsi or delta' alone slowed the association only moderately compared with the interaction of tau with gamma alone. In contrast, DNA polymerase III core, in the absence of deltadelta' and chipsi, accelerated the co-assembly of tau and gamma, suggesting a role for DNA polymerase III' [tau(2)(pol III core)(2)] in the assembly pathway of holoenzyme.
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- A E Pritchard
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and the Program in Molecular Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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Sutton MD, Walker GC. Managing DNA polymerases: coordinating DNA replication, DNA repair, and DNA recombination. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:8342-9. [PMID: 11459973 PMCID: PMC37441 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.111036998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two important and timely questions with respect to DNA replication, DNA recombination, and DNA repair are: (i) what controls which DNA polymerase gains access to a particular primer-terminus, and (ii) what determines whether a DNA polymerase hands off its DNA substrate to either a different DNA polymerase or to a different protein(s) for the completion of the specific biological process? These questions have taken on added importance in light of the fact that the number of known template-dependent DNA polymerases in both eukaryotes and in prokaryotes has grown tremendously in the past two years. Most notably, the current list now includes a completely new family of enzymes that are capable of replicating imperfect DNA templates. This UmuC-DinB-Rad30-Rev1 superfamily of DNA polymerases has members in all three kingdoms of life. Members of this family have recently received a great deal of attention due to the roles they play in translesion DNA synthesis (TLS), the potentially mutagenic replication over DNA lesions that act as potent blocks to continued replication catalyzed by replicative DNA polymerases. Here, we have attempted to summarize our current understanding of the regulation of action of DNA polymerases with respect to their roles in DNA replication, TLS, DNA repair, DNA recombination, and cell cycle progression. In particular, we discuss these issues in the context of the Gram-negative bacterium, Escherichia coli, that contains a DNA polymerase (Pol V) known to participate in most, if not all, of these processes.
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- M D Sutton
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Michel B, Flores MJ, Viguera E, Grompone G, Seigneur M, Bidnenko V. Rescue of arrested replication forks by homologous recombination. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:8181-8. [PMID: 11459951 PMCID: PMC37419 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.111008798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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DNA synthesis is an accurate and very processive phenomenon; nevertheless, replication fork progression on chromosomes can be impeded by DNA lesions, DNA secondary structures, or DNA-bound proteins. Elements interfering with the progression of replication forks have been reported to induce rearrangements and/or render homologous recombination essential for viability, in all organisms from bacteria to human. Arrested replication forks may be the target of nucleases, thereby providing a substrate for double-strand break repair enzyme. For example in bacteria, direct fork breakage was proposed to occur at replication forks blocked by a bona fide replication terminator sequence, a specific site that arrests bacterial chromosome replication. Alternatively, an arrested replication fork may be transformed into a recombination substrate by reversal of the forked structures. In reversed forks, the last duplicated portions of the template strands reanneal, allowing the newly synthesized strands to pair. In bacteria, this reaction was proposed to occur in replication mutants, in which fork arrest is caused by a defect in a replication protein, and in UV irradiated cells. Recent studies suggest that it may also occur in eukaryote organisms. We will review here observations that link replication hindrance with DNA rearrangements and the possible underlying molecular processes.
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- B Michel
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78352 Jouy en Josas Cedex, France.
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Glover BP, McHenry CS. The DNA polymerase III holoenzyme: an asymmetric dimeric replicative complex with leading and lagging strand polymerases. Cell 2001; 105:925-34. [PMID: 11439188 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(01)00400-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The DNA Polymerase III holoenzyme forms initiation complexes on primed DNA in an ATP-dependent reaction. We demonstrate that the nonhydrolyzable ATP analog, ATP gamma S, supports the formation of an isolable leading strand complex that loads and replicates the lagging strand only in the presence of ATP, beta, and the single-stranded DNA binding protein. The single endogenous DnaX complex within DNA polymerase III holoenzyme assembles beta onto both the leading and lagging strand polymerases by an ordered mechanism. The dimeric replication complex disassembles in the opposite order from which it assembled. Upon ATP gamma S-induced dissociation, the leading strand polymerase is refractory to disassembly allowing cycling to occur exclusively on the lagging strand. These results establish holoenzyme as an intrinsic asymmetric dimer with distinguishable leading and lagging strand polymerases.
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- B P Glover
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Stewart J, Hingorani MM, Kelman Z, O'Donnell M. Mechanism of beta clamp opening by the delta subunit of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:19182-9. [PMID: 11279099 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100592200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The beta sliding clamp encircles the primer-template and tethers DNA polymerase III holoenzyme to DNA for processive replication of the Escherichia coli genome. The clamp is formed via hydrophobic and ionic interactions between two semicircular beta monomers. This report demonstrates that the beta dimer is a stable closed ring and is not monomerized when the gamma complex clamp loader (gamma(3)delta(1)delta(1)chi(1)psi(1)) assembles the beta ring around DNA. delta is the subunit of the gamma complex that binds beta and opens the ring; it also does not appear to monomerize beta. Point mutations were introduced at the beta dimer interface to test its structural integrity and gain insight into its interaction with delta. Mutation of two residues at the dimer interface of beta, I272A/L273A, yields a stable beta monomer. We find that delta binds the beta monomer mutant at least 50-fold tighter than the beta dimer. These findings suggest that when delta interacts with the beta clamp, it binds one beta subunit with high affinity and utilizes some of that binding energy to perform work on the dimeric clamp, probably cracking one dimer interface open.
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- J Stewart
- Rockefeller University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of DNA Replication, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Gao D, McHenry CS. tau binds and organizes Escherichia coli replication through distinct domains. Partial proteolysis of terminally tagged tau to determine candidate domains and to assign domain V as the alpha binding domain. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:4433-40. [PMID: 11078743 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009828200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The tau subunit dimerizes Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III core through interactions with the alpha subunit. In addition to playing critical roles in the structural organization of the holoenzyme, tau mediates intersubunit communications required for efficient replication fork function. We identified potential structural domains of this multifunctional subunit by limited proteolysis of C-terminal biotin-tagged tau proteins. The cleavage sites of each of eight different proteases were found to be clustered within four regions of the tau subunit. The second susceptible region corresponds to the hinge between domain II and III of the highly homologous delta' subunit, and the third region is near the C-terminal end of the tau-delta' alignment (Guenther, B., Onrust, R., Sali, A., O'Donnell, M., and Kuriyan, J. (1997) Cell 91, 335-345). We propose a five-domain structure for the tau protein. Domains I and II are based on the crystallographic structure of delta' by Guenther and colleagues. Domains III-V are based on our protease cleavage results. Using this information, we expressed biotin-tagged tau proteins lacking specific protease-resistant domains and analyzed their binding to the alpha subunit by surface plasmon resonance. Results from these studies indicated that the alpha binding site of tau lies within its C-terminal 147 residues (domain V).
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- D Gao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Program in Molecular Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262
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Gao D, McHenry CS. Tau binds and organizes Escherichia coli replication proteins through distinct domains. Domain III, shared by gamma and tau, binds delta delta ' and chi psi. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:4447-53. [PMID: 11078742 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009827200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The DnaX complex of the DNA polymerase holoenzyme assembles the beta(2) processivity factor onto the primed template enabling highly processive replication. The key ATPases within this complex are tau and gamma, alternative frameshift products of the dnaX gene. Of the five domains of tau, I-III are shared with gamma In vivo, gamma binds the auxiliary subunits deltadelta' and chipsi (Glover, B. P., and McHenry, C. S. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 3017-3020). To localize deltadelta' and chipsi binding domains within gamma domains I-III, we measured the binding of purified biotin-tagged DnaX proteins lacking specific domains to deltadelta' and chipsi by surface plasmon resonance. Fusion proteins containing either DnaX domains I-III or domains III-V bound deltadelta' and chipsi subunits. A DnaX protein only containing domains I and II did not bind deltadelta' or chipsi. The binding affinity of chipsi for DnaX domains I-III and domains III-V was the same as that of chipsi for full-length tau, indicating that domain III contained all structural elements required for chipsi binding. Domain III of tau also contained deltadelta' binding sites, although the interaction between deltadelta' and domains III-V of tau was 10-fold weaker than the interaction between deltadelta' and full length tau. The presence of both delta and chipsi strengthened the delta'-C(0)tau interaction by at least 15-fold. Domain III was the only domain common to all of tau fusion proteins whose interaction with delta' was enhanced in the presence of delta and chipsi. Thus, domain III of the DnaX proteins not only contains the deltadelta' and chipsi binding sites but also contains the elements required for the positive cooperative assembly of the DnaX complex.
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- D Gao
- Department of Biochemistry, Program in Molecular Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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Flores MJ, Bierne H, Ehrlich S, Michel B. Impairment of lagging strand synthesis triggers the formation of a RuvABC substrate at replication forks. EMBO J 2001; 20:619-29. [PMID: 11157768 PMCID: PMC133471 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.3.619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The holD gene codes for the psi subunit of the Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, a component of the gamma complex clamp loader. A holD mutant was isolated for the first time in a screen for mutations that increase the frequency of tandem repeat deletions. In contrast to tandem repeat deletions in wild-type strains, deletion events stimulated by the holD mutation require RecA. They do not require RecF, and hence do not result from the recombinational repair of gaps, arguing against uncoupling of the leading and lagging strand polymerases in the holD mutant. The holD recBC combination of mutations is lethal and holD recBts recCts strains suffer DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) at restrictive temperature. DSBs require the presence of the Holliday junction-specific enzymes RuvABC and are prevented in the presence of RecBCD. We propose that impairment of replication due to the holD mutation causes the arrest of the entire replisome; consequently, Holliday junctions are formed by replication fork reversal, and unequal crossing over during RecA- and RecBCD-mediated re-incorporation of reversed forks causes the hyper-recombination phenotype.
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- Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy en Josas Cedex, France
Present address: Unité des Interaction Bactéries Cellules, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy en Josas Cedex, France
Present address: Unité des Interaction Bactéries Cellules, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France Corresponding author e-mail:
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Pritchard AE, Dallmann HG, Glover BP, McHenry CS. A novel assembly mechanism for the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme DnaX complex: association of deltadelta' with DnaX(4) forms DnaX(3)deltadelta'. EMBO J 2000; 19:6536-45. [PMID: 11101526 PMCID: PMC305859 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.23.6536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We have constructed a plasmid-borne artificial operon that expresses the six subunits of the DnaX complex of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme: tau, gamma, delta, delta', chi and psi. Induction of this operon followed by assembly in vivo produced two taugamma mixed DnaX complexes with stoichiometries of tau(1)gamma(2)deltadelta'chipsi and tau(2)gamma(1)deltadelta'chipsi rather than the expected gamma(2)tau(2)deltadelta'chipsi. We observed the same heterogeneity when taugamma mixed DnaX complexes were reconstituted in vitro. Re-examination of homomeric DnaX tau and gamma complexes assembled either in vitro or in vivo also revealed a stoichiometry of DnaX(3)deltadelta'chipsi. Equilibrium sedimentation analysis showed that free DnaX is a tetramer in equilibrium with a free monomer. An assembly mechanism, in which the association of heterologous subunits with a homomeric complex alters the stoichiometry of the homomeric assembly, is without precedent. The significance of our findings to the architecture of the holoenzyme and the clamp-assembly apparatus of all other organisms is discussed.
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- A E Pritchard
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Program in Molecular Biology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Replication fork arrest can cause DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). These DSBs are caused by the action of the Holliday junction resolvase RuvABC, indicating that they are made by resolution of Holliday junctions formed at blocked forks. In this work, we study the homologous recombination functions required for RuvABC-mediated breakage in cells deficient for the accessory replicative helicase Rep or deficient for the main Escherichia coli replicative helicase DnaB. We show that, in the rep mutant, RuvABC-mediated breakage occurs in the absence of the homologous recombination protein RecA. In contrast, in dnaBts mutants, most of the RuvABC-mediated breakage depends on the presence of RecA, which suggests that RecA participates in the formation of Holliday junctions at forks blocked by the inactivation of DnaB. This action of RecA does not involve the induction of the SOS response and does not require any of the recombination proteins essential for the presynaptic step of homologous recombination, RecBCD, RecF or RecO. Consequently, our observations suggest a new function for RecA at blocked replication forks, and we propose that RecA acts by promoting homologous recombination without the assistance of known presynaptic proteins.
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- M Seigneur
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 78352 Jouy en Josas Cedex, France
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Gascón I, Lázaro JM, Salas M. Differential functional behavior of viral phi29, Nf and GA-1 SSB proteins. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:2034-42. [PMID: 10773070 PMCID: PMC105360 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.10.2034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2000] [Accepted: 03/19/2000] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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DNA replication of phi29 and related phages takes place via a strand displacement mechanism, a process that generates large amounts of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). Consequently, phage-encoded ssDNA-binding proteins (SSBs) are essential proteins during phage phi29-like DNA replication. In the present work we analyze the helix-destabilizing activity of the SSBs of phi29 and the related phages Nf and GA-1, their ability to eliminate non-productive binding of phi29 DNA polymerase to ssDNA and their stimulatory effect on replication by phi29 DNA polymerase in primed M13 ssDNA replication, a situation that resembles type II replicative intermediates that occur during phi29-like DNA replication. Significant differences have been appreciated in the functional behavior of the three SSBs. First, the GA-1 SSB is able to display helix-destabilizing activity and to stimulate dNTP incorporation by phi29 DNA polymerase in the M13 DNA replication assay, even at SSB concentrations at which the phi29 and Nf SSBs do not show any effect. On the other hand, the phi29 SSB is the only one of the three SSBs able to increase the replication rate of phi29 DNA polymerase in primed M13 ssDNA replication. From the fact that the phi29 SSB, but not the Nf SSB, stimulates the replication rate of Nf DNA polymerase we conclude that the different behaviors of the SSBs on stimulation of the replication rate of phi29 and Nf DNA polymerases is most likely due to formation of different nucleoprotein complexes of the SSBs with the ssDNA rather than to a specific interaction between the SSB and the corresponding DNA polymerase. A model that correlates the thermodynamic parameters that define SSB-ssDNA nucleoprotein complex formation with the functional stimulatory effect of the SSB on phi29-like DNA replication has been proposed.
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- I Gascón
- Centro de Biología Molecular 'Severo Ochoa' (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, 28049-Madrid, Spain
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Coles LS, Diamond P, Occhiodoro F, Vadas MA, Shannon MF. An ordered array of cold shock domain repressor elements across tumor necrosis factor-responsive elements of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor promoter. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:14482-93. [PMID: 10799531 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.19.14482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The tumor necrosis factor-alpha-responsive region of the human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) promoter (-114 to -31) encompasses binding sites for NF-kappaB, CBF, AP-1, ETS, and NFAT families of transcription factors. We show both here and previously that mutation of any one of these binding sites greatly reduces tumor necrosis factor-alpha induction of the GM-CSF promoter. Interspersed between these elements are sequences that when mutated lead to an increase in GM-CSF promoter activity. We have previously shown that two of these repressor elements bind proteins known as cold shock domain (CSD) factors and that overexpression of CSD proteins leads to repression of GM-CSF promoter activity in fibroblasts. CSD proteins are single strand DNA- and RNA-binding proteins that contact 5'-CCTG-3' sequences in the GM-CSF repressor elements. We show here that two newly identified repressor sequences in the proximal promoter can also bind CSD proteins. We have characterized the CSD-containing protein complexes that bind to the GM-CSF promoter and identified a novel protein related to mitochondrial single strand binding protein that forms part of one of these complexes. The four CSD-binding sites on the promoter occur in pairs on opposite strands of the DNA and appear to form an ordered array of binding elements. A similar ordered array of CSD sites are present in the promoters of the granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and interleukin-3 genes, implying a common mechanism for negative regulation of these myeloid growth factors.
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- L S Coles
- Division of Human Immunology, Hanson Centre for Cancer Research, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Frome Road, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia.
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Glover BP, McHenry CS. The DnaX-binding subunits delta' and psi are bound to gamma and not tau in the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:3017-20. [PMID: 10652279 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.5.3017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The DnaX complex subassembly of the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme is comprised of the DnaX proteins tau and gamma and the auxiliary subunits delta, delta', chi, and psi, which together load the beta processivity factor onto primed DNA in an ATP-dependent reaction. delta' and psi bind directly to DnaX whereas delta and chi bind to delta' and psi, respectively (Onrust, R., Finkelstein, J., Naktinis, V., Turner, J., Fang, L., and O'Donnell, M. (1995) J. Biol. Chem. 270, 13348-13357). Until now, it has been unclear which DnaX protein, tau or gamma, in holoenzyme binds the auxiliary subunits delta, delta', chi,and psi. Treatment of purified holoenzyme with the homobifunctional cross-linker bis(sulfosuccinimidyl)suberate produces covalently cross-linked gamma-delta' and gamma-psi complexes identified by Western blot analysis. Immunodetection of cross-linked species with anti-delta' and anti-psi antibodies revealed that no tau-delta' or tau-psi cross-links had formed, suggesting that the delta' and psi subunits reside only on gamma within holoenzyme.
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- B P Glover
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA
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The utilization of optical biosensors to study molecular interactions continues to expand. In 1998, 384 articles relating to the use of commercial biosensors were published in 130 different journals. While significant strides in new applications and methodology were made, a majority of the biosensor literature is of rather poor quality. Basic information about experimental conditions is often not presented and many publications fail to display the experimental data, bringing into question the credibility of the results. This review provides suggestions on how to collect, analyze and report biosensor data.
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- D G Myszka
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA.
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Canceill D, Viguera E, Ehrlich SD. Replication slippage of different DNA polymerases is inversely related to their strand displacement efficiency. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:27481-90. [PMID: 10488082 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.39.27481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Replication slippage is a particular type of error caused by DNA polymerases believed to occur both in bacterial and eukaryotic cells. Previous studies have shown that deletion events can occur in Escherichia coli by replication slippage between short duplications and that the main E. coli polymerase, DNA polymerase III holoenzyme is prone to such slippage. In this work, we present evidence that the two other DNA polymerases of E. coli, DNA polymerase I and DNA polymerase II, as well as polymerases of two phages, T4 (T4 pol) and T7 (T7 pol), undergo slippage in vitro, whereas DNA polymerase from another phage, Phi29, does not. Furthermore, we have measured the strand displacement activity of the different polymerases tested for slippage in the absence and in the presence of the E. coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB), and we show that: (i) polymerases having a strong strand displacement activity cannot slip (DNA polymerase from Phi29); (ii) polymerases devoid of any strand displacement activity slip very efficiently (DNA polymerase II and T4 pol); and (iii) stimulation of the strand displacement activity by E. coli SSB (DNA polymerase I and T7 pol), by phagic SSB (T4 pol), or by a mutation that affects the 3' --> 5' exonuclease domain (DNA polymerase II exo(-) and T7 pol exo(-)) is correlated with the inhibition of slippage. We propose that these observations can be interpreted in terms of a model, for which we have shown that high strand displacement activity of a polymerase diminishes its propensity to slip.
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- D Canceill
- Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Domaine de Vilvert, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France.
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Farr CL, Wang Y, Kaguni LS. Functional interactions of mitochondrial DNA polymerase and single-stranded DNA-binding protein. Template-primer DNA binding and initiation and elongation of DNA strand synthesis. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:14779-85. [PMID: 10329675 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.21.14779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
Functional interactions between mitochondrial DNA polymerase (pol gamma) and mitochondrial single-stranded DNA-binding protein (mtSSB) from Drosophila embryos have been evaluated with regard to the overall activity of pol gamma and in partial reactions involving template-primer binding and initiation and idling in DNA strand synthesis. Both the 5' --> 3' DNA polymerase and 3' --> 5' exonuclease in pol gamma are stimulated 15-20-fold on oligonucleotide-primed single-stranded DNA by native and recombinant forms of mtSSB. That the extent of stimulation is similar for both enzyme activities over a broad range of KCl concentrations suggests their functional coordination and a similar mechanism of stimulation by mtSSB. At the same time, the high mispair specificity of pol gamma in exonucleolytic hydrolysis is maintained, indicating that enhancement of pol gamma catalytic efficiency is likely not accompanied by increased nucleotide turnover. DNase I footprinting of pol gamma.DNA complexes and initial rate measurements show that mtSSB enhances primer recognition and binding and stimulates 30-fold the rate of initiation of DNA strands. Dissociation studies show that productive complexes of the native pol gamma heterodimer with template-primer DNA are formed and remain stable in the absence of replication accessory proteins.
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Affiliation(s)
- C L Farr
- Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1319, USA
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