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Kinetic analysis of PCNA clamp binding and release in the clamp loading reaction catalyzed by Saccharomyces cerevisiae replication factor C. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2014; 1854:31-8. [PMID: 25450506 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2014.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Revised: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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DNA polymerases require a sliding clamp to achieve processive DNA synthesis. The toroidal clamps are loaded onto DNA by clamp loaders, members of the AAA+family of ATPases. These enzymes utilize the energy of ATP binding and hydrolysis to perform a variety of cellular functions. In this study, a clamp loader-clamp binding assay was developed to measure the rates of ATP-dependent clamp binding and ATP-hydrolysis-dependent clamp release for the Saccharomyces cerevisiae clamp loader (RFC) and clamp (PCNA). Pre-steady-state kinetics of PCNA binding showed that although ATP binding to RFC increases affinity for PCNA, ATP binding rates and ATP-dependent conformational changes in RFC are fast relative to PCNA binding rates. Interestingly, RFC binds PCNA faster than the Escherichia coli γ complex clamp loader binds the β-clamp. In the process of loading clamps on DNA, RFC maintains contact with PCNA while PCNA closes, as the observed rate of PCNA closing is faster than the rate of PCNA release, precluding the possibility of an open clamp dissociating from DNA. Rates of clamp closing and release are not dependent on the rate of the DNA binding step and are also slower than reported rates of ATP hydrolysis, showing that these rates reflect unique intramolecular reaction steps in the clamp loading pathway.
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Hayner JN, Douma LG, Bloom LB. The interplay of primer-template DNA phosphorylation status and single-stranded DNA binding proteins in directing clamp loaders to the appropriate polarity of DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:10655-67. [PMID: 25159615 PMCID: PMC4176372 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Sliding clamps are loaded onto DNA by clamp loaders to serve the critical role of coordinating various enzymes on DNA. Clamp loaders must quickly and efficiently load clamps at primer/template (p/t) junctions containing a duplex region with a free 3′OH (3′DNA), but it is unclear how clamp loaders target these sites. To measure the Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae clamp loader specificity toward 3′DNA, fluorescent β and PCNA clamps were used to measure clamp closing triggered by DNA substrates of differing polarity, testing the role of both the 5′phosphate (5′P) and the presence of single-stranded binding proteins (SSBs). SSBs inhibit clamp loading by both clamp loaders on the incorrect polarity of DNA (5′DNA). The 5′P groups contribute selectivity to differing degrees for the two clamp loaders, suggesting variations in the mechanism by which clamp loaders target 3′DNA. Interestingly, the χ subunit of the E. coli clamp loader is not required for SSB to inhibit clamp loading on phosphorylated 5′DNA, showing that χ·SSB interactions are dispensable. These studies highlight a common role for SSBs in directing clamp loaders to 3′DNA, as well as uncover nuances in the mechanisms by which SSBs perform this vital role.
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- Jaclyn N Hayner
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Hayner JN, Bloom LB. The β sliding clamp closes around DNA prior to release by the Escherichia coli clamp loader γ complex. J Biol Chem 2012; 288:1162-70. [PMID: 23161545 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.406231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli γ complex clamp loader functions to load the β sliding clamp onto sites of DNA replication and repair. The clamp loader uses the energy of ATP binding and hydrolysis to drive conformational changes allowing for β binding and opening, DNA binding, and then release of the β·DNA complex. Although much work has been done studying the sliding clamp and clamp loader mechanism, kinetic analysis of the events following β·γ complex·DNA formation is not complete. Using fluorescent clamp closing and release assays, we show that β closing is faster than β release, indicating that γ complex closes β before releasing it around DNA. Using a fluorescent ATP hydrolysis assay, we show that there is a burst of ATP hydrolysis before β closing and that β release may be the rate-limiting step in the overall clamp loading reaction. The combined use of these fluorescent assays provides a unique perspective into the E. coli clamp loader by providing a measure of the relative timing of different events in the clamp loading reaction, helping to elucidate the complicated clamp loading mechanism.
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- Jaclyn N Hayner
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245, USA
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Paschall CO, Thompson JA, Marzahn MR, Chiraniya A, Hayner JN, O'Donnell M, Robbins AH, McKenna R, Bloom LB. The Escherichia coli clamp loader can actively pry open the β-sliding clamp. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:42704-42714. [PMID: 21971175 PMCID: PMC3234947 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.268169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Clamp loaders load ring-shaped sliding clamps onto DNA. Once loaded onto DNA, sliding clamps bind to DNA polymerases to increase the processivity of DNA synthesis. To load clamps onto DNA, an open clamp loader-clamp complex must form. An unresolved question is whether clamp loaders capture clamps that have transiently opened or whether clamp loaders bind closed clamps and actively open clamps. A simple fluorescence-based clamp opening assay was developed to address this question and to determine how ATP binding contributes to clamp opening. A direct comparison of real time binding and opening reactions revealed that the Escherichia coli γ complex binds β first and then opens the clamp. Mutation of conserved "arginine fingers" in the γ complex that interact with bound ATP decreased clamp opening activity showing that arginine fingers make an important contribution to the ATP-induced conformational changes that allow the clamp loader to pry open the clamp.
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- Christopher O. Paschall
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245 and
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- the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245 and , To whom correspondence should be addressed: 1600 SW Archer Rd., JHMHC R3-234, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0245. Tel.: 352-392-8708; Fax: 352-392-6511; E-mail:
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Anderson SG, Thompson JA, Paschall CO, O'Donnell M, Bloom LB. Temporal correlation of DNA binding, ATP hydrolysis, and clamp release in the clamp loading reaction catalyzed by the Escherichia coli gamma complex. Biochemistry 2009; 48:8516-27. [PMID: 19663416 DOI: 10.1021/bi900912a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Clamp loaders are multisubunit complexes that use the energy derived from ATP binding and hydrolysis to assemble ring-shaped sliding clamps onto DNA. Sliding clamps in turn tether DNA polymerases to the templates being copied to increase the processivity of DNA synthesis. Here, the rate of clamp release during the clamp loading reaction was measured directly for the first time using a FRET-based assay in which the E. coli gamma complex clamp loader (gamma3deltadelta'chipsi) was labeled with a fluorescent donor, and the beta-clamp was labeled with a nonfluorescent quencher. When a beta.gamma complex is added to DNA, there is a significant time lag before the clamp is released onto DNA. To establish what events take place during this time lag, the timing of clamp release was compared to the timing of DNA binding and ATP hydrolysis by measuring these reactions directly side-by-side in assays. DNA binding is relatively rapid and triggers the hydrolysis of ATP. Both events occur prior to clamp release. Interestingly, the temporal correlation data and simple modeling studies indicate that the clamp loader releases DNA prior to the clamp and that DNA release may be coupled to clamp closing. Clamp release is relatively slow and likely to be the rate-limiting step in the overall clamp loading reaction cycle.
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- Stephen G Anderson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245, USA
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Thompson JA, Paschall CO, O'Donnell M, Bloom LB. A slow ATP-induced conformational change limits the rate of DNA binding but not the rate of beta clamp binding by the escherichia coli gamma complex clamp loader. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:32147-57. [PMID: 19759003 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.045997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In Escherichia coli, the gamma complex clamp loader loads the beta-sliding clamp onto DNA. The beta clamp tethers DNA polymerase III to DNA and enhances the efficiency of replication by increasing the processivity of DNA synthesis. In the presence of ATP, gamma complex binds beta and DNA to form a ternary complex. Binding to primed template DNA triggers gamma complex to hydrolyze ATP and release the clamp onto DNA. Here, we investigated the kinetics of forming a ternary complex by measuring rates of gamma complex binding beta and DNA. A fluorescence intensity-based beta binding assay was developed in which the fluorescence of pyrene covalently attached to beta increases when bound by gamma complex. Using this assay, an association rate constant of 2.3 x 10(7) m(-1) s(-1) for gamma complex binding beta was determined. The rate of beta binding was the same in experiments in which gamma complex was preincubated with ATP before adding beta or added directly to beta and ATP. In contrast, when gamma complex is preincubated with ATP, DNA binding is faster than when gamma complex is added to DNA and ATP at the same time. Slow DNA binding in the absence of ATP preincubation is the result of a rate-limiting ATP-induced conformational change. Our results strongly suggest that the ATP-induced conformational changes that promote beta binding and DNA binding differ. The slow ATP-induced conformational change that precedes DNA binding may provide a kinetic preference for gamma complex to bind beta before DNA during the clamp loading reaction cycle.
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- Jennifer A Thompson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0245, USA
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Tanner NA, Hamdan SM, Jergic S, Loscha KV, Schaeffer PM, Dixon NE, van Oijen AM. Single-molecule studies of fork dynamics in Escherichia coli DNA replication. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2008; 15:170-6. [PMID: 18223657 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2007] [Accepted: 01/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We present single-molecule studies of the Escherichia coli replication machinery. We visualize individual E. coli DNA polymerase III (Pol III) holoenzymes engaging in primer extension and leading-strand synthesis. When coupled to the replicative helicase DnaB, Pol III mediates leading-strand synthesis with a processivity of 10.5 kilobases (kb), eight-fold higher than that by Pol III alone. Addition of the primase DnaG causes a three-fold reduction in the processivity of leading-strand synthesis, an effect dependent upon the DnaB-DnaG protein-protein interaction rather than primase activity. A single-molecule analysis of the replication kinetics with varying DnaG concentrations indicates that a cooperative binding of two or three DnaG monomers to DnaB halts synthesis. Modulation of DnaB helicase activity through the interaction with DnaG suggests a mechanism that prevents leading-strand synthesis from outpacing lagging-strand synthesis during slow primer synthesis on the lagging strand.
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- Nathan A Tanner
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Motz M, Kober I, Girardot C, Loeser E, Bauer U, Albers M, Moeckel G, Minch E, Voss H, Kilger C, Koegl M. Elucidation of an archaeal replication protein network to generate enhanced PCR enzymes. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:16179-88. [PMID: 11805086 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107793200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Thermostable DNA polymerases are an important tool in molecular biology. To exploit the archaeal repertoire of proteins involved in DNA replication for use in PCR, we elucidated the network of proteins implicated in this process in Archaeoglobus fulgidus. To this end, we performed extensive yeast two-hybrid screens using putative archaeal replication factors as starting points. This approach yielded a protein network involving 30 proteins potentially implicated in archaeal DNA replication including several novel factors. Based on these results, we were able to improve PCR reactions catalyzed by archaeal DNA polymerases by supplementing the reaction with predicted polymerase co-factors. In this approach we concentrated on the archaeal proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) homologue. This protein is known to encircle DNA as a ring in eukaryotes, tethering other proteins to DNA. Indeed, addition of A. fulgidus PCNA resulted in marked stimulation of PCR product generation. The PCNA-binding domain was determined, and a hybrid DNA polymerase was constructed by grafting this domain onto the classical PCR enzyme from Thermus aquaticus, Taq DNA polymerase. Addition of PCNA to PCR reactions catalyzed by the fusion protein greatly stimulated product generation, most likely by tethering the enzyme to DNA. This sliding clamp-induced increase of PCR performance implies a promising novel micromechanical principle for the development of PCR enzymes with enhanced processivity.
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- Michael Motz
- Exploratory Research, LION Bioscience Ktiengesellschaft, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Nakai H, Doseeva V, Jones JM. Handoff from recombinase to replisome: insights from transposition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:8247-54. [PMID: 11459960 PMCID: PMC37428 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.111007898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bacteriophage Mu replicates as a transposable element, exploiting host enzymes to promote initiation of DNA synthesis. The phage-encoded transposase MuA, assembled into an oligomeric transpososome, promotes transfer of Mu ends to target DNA, creating a fork at each end, and then remains tightly bound to both forks. In the transition to DNA synthesis, the molecular chaperone ClpX acts first to weaken the transpososome's interaction with DNA, apparently activating its function as a molecular matchmaker. This activated transpososome promotes formation of a new nucleoprotein complex (prereplisome) by yet unidentified host factors [Mu replication factors (MRF alpha 2)], which displace the transpososome in an ATP-dependent reaction. Primosome assembly proteins PriA, PriB, DnaT, and the DnaB--DnaC complex then promote the binding of the replicative helicase DnaB on the lagging strand template of the Mu fork. PriA helicase plays an important role in opening the DNA duplex for DnaB binding, which leads to assembly of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme to form the replisome. The MRF alpha 2 transition factors, assembled into a prereplisome, not only protect the fork from action by nonspecific host enzymes but also appear to aid in replisome assembly by helping to activate PriA's helicase activity. They consist of at least two separable components, one heat stable and the other heat labile. Although the MRF alpha 2 components are apparently not encoded by currently known homologous recombination genes such as recA, recF, recO, and recR, they may fulfill an important function in assembling replisomes on arrested replication forks and products of homologous strand exchange.
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- H Nakai
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, 331 Basic Science Building, 3900 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
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Walker JR, Hervas C, Ross JD, Blinkova A, Walbridge MJ, Pumarega EJ, Park MO, Neely HR. Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III tau- and gamma-subunit conserved residues required for activity in vivo and in vitro. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:6106-13. [PMID: 11029431 PMCID: PMC94745 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.21.6106-6113.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III tau and gamma subunits are single-strand DNA-dependent ATPases (the latter requires the delta and delta' subunits for significant ATPase activity) involved in loading processivity clamp beta. They are homologous to clamp-loading proteins of many organisms from phages to humans. Alignment of 27 prokaryotic tau/gamma homologs and 1 eukaryotic tau/gamma homolog has refined the sequences of nine previously defined identity and functional motifs. Mutational analysis has defined highly conserved residues required for activity in vivo and in vitro. Specifically, mutations introduced into highly conserved residues within three of those motifs, the P loop, the DExx region, and the SRC region, inactivated complementing activity in vivo and clamp loading in vitro and reduced ATPase catalytic efficiency in vitro. Mutation of a highly conserved residue within a fourth motif, VIc, inactivated clamp-loading activity and reduced ATPase activity in vitro, but the mutant gene, on a multicopy plasmid, retained complementing activity in vivo and the mutant gene also supported apparently normal replication and growth as a haploid, chromosomal allele.
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- J R Walker
- Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
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Yao N, Hurwitz J, O'Donnell M. Dynamics of beta and proliferating cell nuclear antigen sliding clamps in traversing DNA secondary structure. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:1421-32. [PMID: 10625694 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.2.1421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chromosomal replicases of cellular organisms utilize a ring shaped protein that encircles DNA as a mobile tether for high processivity in DNA synthesis. These "sliding clamps" have sufficiently large linear diameters to encircle duplex DNA and are perhaps even large enough to slide over certain DNA secondary structural elements. This report examines the Escherichia coli beta and human proliferating cell nuclear antigen clamps for their ability to slide over various DNA secondary structures. The results show that these clamps are capable of traversing a 13-nucleotide ssDNA loop, a 4-base pair stem-loop, a 4-nucleotide 5' tail, and a 15-mer bubble within the duplex. However, upon increasing the size of these structures (20-nucleotide loop, 12-base pair stem-loop, 28-nucleotide 5' tail, and 20-nucleotide bubble) the sliding motion of the beta and proliferating cell nuclear antigen over these elements is halted. Studies of the E. coli replicase, DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, in chain elongation with the beta clamp demonstrate that upon encounter with an oligonucleotide annealed in its path, it traverses the duplex and resumes synthesis on the 3' terminus of the oligonucleotide. This sliding and resumption of synthesis occurs even when the oligonucleotide contains a secondary structure element, provided the beta clamp can traverse the structure. However, upon encounter with a downstream oligonucleotide containing a large internal secondary structure, the holoenzyme clears the obstacle by strand displacing the oligonucleotide from the template. Implications of these protein dynamics to DNA transactions are discussed.
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- N Yao
- Joan and Sanford I. Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, Microbiology Department, New York, New York 10021, USA
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This map is an update of the edition 9 map by Berlyn et al. (M. K. B. Berlyn, K. B. Low, and K. E. Rudd, p. 1715-1902, in F. C. Neidhardt et al., ed., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: cellular and molecular biology, 2nd ed., vol. 2, 1996). It uses coordinates established by the completed sequence, expressed as 100 minutes for the entire circular map, and adds new genes discovered and established since 1996 and eliminates those shown to correspond to other known genes. The latter are included as synonyms. An alphabetical list of genes showing map location, synonyms, the protein or RNA product of the gene, phenotypes of mutants, and reference citations is provided. In addition to genes known to correspond to gene sequences, other genes, often older, that are described by phenotype and older mapping techniques and that have not been correlated with sequences are included.
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- M K Berlyn
- Department of Biology and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA.
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Hase M, Mizushima T, Katayama T, Sekimizu K. Isolation and characterization of inhibitory factors of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme from Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1995; 130:215-20. [PMID: 7649443 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07723.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We isolated fractions by Mono Q chromatography that inhibited the activity of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme using an assay system with a primed single-stranded DNA template coated with single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB). The inhibitory activities were inactivated by heat-treatment at 100 degrees C for 10 min, suggesting that they are proteins. The factors did not inhibit the activity of RNA polymerase of Escherichia coli. The inhibitory effects were less potent for the activities of the large (Klenow) fragment of DNA polymerase I and T4 DNA polymerase than for DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. No degradation of single- or double-stranded DNA was observed in the fractions, indicating that inhibition was not due to degradation of the DNA.
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- M Hase
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Xiao H, Naktinis V, O'Donnell M. Assembly of a chromosomal replication machine: two DNA polymerases, a clamp loader, and sliding clamps in one holoenzyme particle. IV. ATP-binding site mutants identify the clamp loader. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:13378-83. [PMID: 7768939 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.22.13378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The gamma complex (gamma delta delta' chi psi) and tau complex (tau delta delta' chi psi) clamp loaders require ATP hydrolysis to load beta sliding clamps onto DNA. The beta sliding clamp tethers the polymerase (Pol) III* replicase to DNA for processive synthesis. Pol III* contains both gamma and tau, but only one each of the delta, delta', chi, and psi subunits. Hence, there is ambiguity with respect to which clamp loader, the gamma or tau complex, exists in the Pol III* replicase structure. In this study, ATP-binding site mutants of gamma and tau have been prepared, and these mutants, when assembled into either the gamma or tau complex, are inactive in clamp loading. These mutants have been used as a tool to determine the identity of the clamp loader in Pol III*. The nine-subunit Pol III* has been assembled using either mutant gamma or tau in place of wild-type gamma or tau. The results show that mutation of gamma inactivates Pol III* activity, but mutation of tau does not, indicating that the gamma complex (and not the tau complex) is the clamp loader of Pol III*. The tau subunit carries the task of dimerizing the core polymerase, and it is this association of tau with core that appears to direct the single copy subunits away from tau and onto gamma.
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- H Xiao
- Microbiology Department, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Kruklitis R, Nakai H. Participation of the bacteriophage Mu A protein and host factors in the initiation of Mu DNA synthesis in vitro. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)34030-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Blinkova A, Hervas C, Stukenberg PT, Onrust R, O'Donnell ME, Walker JR. The Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme contains both products of the dnaX gene, tau and gamma, but only tau is essential. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:6018-27. [PMID: 8376347 PMCID: PMC206684 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.18.6018-6027.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The replicative polymerase of Escherichia coli, DNA polymerase III, consists of a three-subunit core polymerase plus seven accessory subunits. Of these seven, tau and gamma are products of one replication gene, dnaX. The shorter gamma is created from within the tau reading frame by a programmed ribosomal -1 frameshift over codons 428 and 429 followed by a stop codon in the new frame. Two temperature-sensitive mutations are available in dnaX. The 2016(Ts) mutation altered both tau and gamma by changing codon 118 from glycine to aspartate; the 36(Ts) mutation affected the activity only of tau because it altered codon 601 (from glutamate to lysine). Evidence which indicates that, of these two proteins, only the longer tau is essential includes the following. (i) The 36(Ts) mutation is a temperature-sensitive lethal allele, and overproduction of wild-type gamma cannot restore its growth. (ii) An allele which produced tau only could be substituted for the wild-type chromosomal gene, but a gamma-only allele could not substitute for the wild-type dnaX in the haploid state. Thus, the shorter subunit gamma is not essential, suggesting that tau can be substitute for the usual function(s) of gamma. Consistent with these results, we found that a functional polymerase was assembled from nine pure subunits in the absence of the gamma subunit. However, the possibility that, in cells growing without gamma, proteolysis of tau to form a gamma-like product in amounts below the Western blot (immunoblot) sensitivity level cannot be excluded.
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- A Blinkova
- Microbiology Department, University of Texas, Austin 78712
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Livneh Z, Cohen-Fix O, Skaliter R, Elizur T. Replication of damaged DNA and the molecular mechanism of ultraviolet light mutagenesis. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 1993; 28:465-513. [PMID: 8299359 DOI: 10.3109/10409239309085136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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On UV irradiation of Escherichia coli cells, DNA replication is transiently arrested to allow removal of DNA damage by DNA repair mechanisms. This is followed by a resumption of DNA replication, a major recovery function whose mechanism is poorly understood. During the post-UV irradiation period the SOS stress response is induced, giving rise to a multiplicity of phenomena, including UV mutagenesis. The prevailing model is that UV mutagenesis occurs by the filling in of single-stranded DNA gaps present opposite UV lesions in the irradiated chromosome. These gaps can be formed by the activity of DNA replication or repair on the damaged DNA. The gap filling involves polymerization through UV lesions (also termed bypass synthesis or error-prone repair) by DNA polymerase III. The primary source of mutations is the incorporation of incorrect nucleotides opposite lesions. UV mutagenesis is a genetically regulated process, and it requires the SOS-inducible proteins RecA, UmuD, and UmuC. It may represent a minor repair pathway or a genetic program to accelerate evolution of cells under environmental stress conditions.
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- Z Livneh
- Department of Biochemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Modulation of DNA supercoiling activity of Escherichia coli DNA gyrase by F plasmid proteins. Antagonistic actions of LetA (CcdA) and LetD (CcdB) proteins. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)49831-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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DNA polymerases which duplicate cellular chromosomes are multiprotein complexes. The individual functions of the many proteins required to duplicate a chromosome are not fully understood. The multiprotein complex which duplicates the Escherichia coli chromosome, DNA polymerase III holoenzyme (holoenzyme), contains a DNA polymerase subunit and nine accessory proteins. This report summarizes our current understanding of the individual functions of the accessory proteins within the holoenzyme, lending insight into why a chromosomal replicase needs such a complex structure.
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- M O'Donnell
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Microbiology Department, Cornell University Medical College, NY 10021
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Coordinated leading- and lagging-strand synthesis at the Escherichia coli DNA replication fork. IV. Reconstitution of an asymmetric, dimeric DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50631-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Onrust R, Stukenberg P, O'Donnell M. Analysis of the ATPase subassembly which initiates processive DNA synthesis by DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54690-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Studwell-Vaughan P, O'Donnell M. Constitution of the twin polymerase of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)55067-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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The identities and precise roles of the DNA polymerase(s) involved in mammalian cell DNA replication are uncertain. Circumstantial evidence suggests that DNA polymerase alpha and at least one form of DNA polymerase delta, that which is stimulated by Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen, catalyze mammalian cell replicative DNA synthesis. Further, the in vitro properties of polymerases alpha and delta suggest a model for their coordinate action at the replication fork. The present paper summarizes the current status of DNA polymerases alpha and delta in DNA replication, and describes newly available approaches to the study of those enzymes.
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- R V Talanian
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655
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Processive replication is contingent on the exonuclease subunit of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)40174-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Total reconstitution of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme reveals dual accessory protein clamps. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)40175-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Tsuchihashi Z, Kornberg A. ATP interactions of the τ and γ subunits of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)84642-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Shavitt O, Livneh Z. The β Subunit Modulates Bypass and Termination at UV Lesions During in Vitro Replication with DNA Polymerase III Holoenzyme of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)60460-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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McHenry CS. The asymmetric dimeric polymerase hypothesis: a progress report. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1988; 951:240-8. [PMID: 3061467 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(88)90092-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In 1983, my laboratory first proposed that the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme is an asymmetric dimer with distinguishable leading and lagging strand polymerases. Here, I review progress by my laboratory and others in testing this hypothesis. To date, the hypothesis is supported by our demonstration of (i) an asymmetry in function of two populations of holoenzyme in solution in their ability to use the ATP analog, ATP gamma S, to support initiation complex formation, (ii) the stabilization of a dimeric polymerase structure by the tau subunit, (iii) allosteric communication between polymerase halves and (iv) the coexistence of gamma and the tau, subunits which share common sequences, within the same holoenzyme assemblies. This latter observation may provide a structural basis for holoenzyme asymmetry. I discuss the implications of the asymmetric dimer hypothesis to the solution of problems encountered by polymerases at the replication fork and delineate further tests required before the hypothesis can be firmly established.
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- C S McHenry
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262
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- A Kornberg
- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305
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Maki S, Kornberg A. DNA polymerase III holoenzyme of Escherichia coli. II. A novel complex including the gamma subunit essential for processive synthesis. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68677-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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DNA polymerase III holoenzyme of Escherichia coli. III. Distinctive processive polymerases reconstituted from purified subunits. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68678-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Maki H, Maki S, Kornberg A. DNA Polymerase III holoenzyme of Escherichia coli. IV. The holoenzyme is an asymmetric dimer with twin active sites. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68679-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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