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Lin YH, Chu CC, Fan HF, Wang PY, Cox MM, Li HW. A 5'-to-3' strand exchange polarity is intrinsic to RecA nucleoprotein filaments in the absence of ATP hydrolysis. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:5126-5140. [PMID: 30916331 PMCID: PMC6547424 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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RecA is essential to recombinational DNA repair in which RecA filaments mediate the homologous DNA pairing and strand exchange. Both RecA filament assembly and the subsequent DNA strand exchange are directional. Here, we demonstrate that the polarity of DNA strand exchange is embedded within RecA filaments even in the absence of ATP hydrolysis, at least over short DNA segments. Using single-molecule tethered particle motion, we show that successful strand exchange in the presence of ATP proceeds with a 5′-to-3′ polarity, as demonstrated previously. RecA filaments prepared with ATPγS also exhibit a 5′-to-3′ progress of strand exchange, suggesting that the polarity is not determined by RecA disassembly and/or ATP hydrolysis. RecAΔC17 mutants, lacking a C-terminal autoregulatory flap, also promote strand exchange in a 5′-to-3′ polarity in ATPγS, a polarity that is largely lost with this RecA variant when ATP is hydrolyzed. We propose that there is an inherent strand exchange polarity mediated by the structure of the RecA filament groove, associated by conformation changes propagated in a polar manner as DNA is progressively exchanged. ATP hydrolysis is coupled to polar strand exchange over longer distances, and its contribution to the polarity requires an intact RecA C-terminus.
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- Yu-Hsuan Lin
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Genome Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, 11221 Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, 10617, Taiwan
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Liu J, Morrical SW. Assembly and dynamics of the bacteriophage T4 homologous recombination machinery. Virol J 2010; 7:357. [PMID: 21129202 PMCID: PMC3016280 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-7-357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2010] [Accepted: 12/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR), a process involving the physical exchange of strands between homologous or nearly homologous DNA molecules, is critical for maintaining the genetic diversity and genome stability of species. Bacteriophage T4 is one of the classic systems for studies of homologous recombination. T4 uses HR for high-frequency genetic exchanges, for homology-directed DNA repair (HDR) processes including DNA double-strand break repair, and for the initiation of DNA replication (RDR). T4 recombination proteins are expressed at high levels during T4 infection in E. coli, and share strong sequence, structural, and/or functional conservation with their counterparts in cellular organisms. Biochemical studies of T4 recombination have provided key insights on DNA strand exchange mechanisms, on the structure and function of recombination proteins, and on the coordination of recombination and DNA synthesis activities during RDR and HDR. Recent years have seen the development of detailed biochemical models for the assembly and dynamics of presynaptic filaments in the T4 recombination system, for the atomic structure of T4 UvsX recombinase, and for the roles of DNA helicases in T4 recombination. The goal of this chapter is to review these recent advances and their implications for HR and HDR mechanisms in all organisms.
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- Jie Liu
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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Volodin AA, Bocharova TN, Smirnova EA, Camerini-Otero RD. Reversibility, equilibration, and fidelity of strand exchange reaction between short oligonucleotides promoted by RecA protein from escherichia coli and human Rad51 and Dmc1 proteins. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:1495-504. [PMID: 19004837 PMCID: PMC2615514 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800612200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2008] [Revised: 10/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We demonstrate the reversibility of RecA-promoted strand exchange reaction between short oligonucleotides in the presence of adenosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate). The reverse reaction proceeds without the dissociation of RecA from DNA. The reaction reaches equilibrium and its yield depends on the homology between the reaction substrates. We estimate the tolerance of the RecA-promoted strand exchange to individual base substitutions for a comprehensive set of possible base combinations in a selected position along oligonucleotide substrates for strand exchange and find, in agreement with previously reported estimations, that this tolerance is higher than in the case of free DNA. It is demonstrated that the short oligonucleotide-based approach can be applied to the human recombinases Rad51 and Dmc1 when strand exchange is performed in the presence of calcium ions and ATP. Remarkably, despite the commonly held belief that the eukaryotic recombinases have an inherently lower strand exchange activity, in our system their efficiencies in strand exchange are comparable with that of RecA. Under our experimental conditions, the human recombinases exhibit a significantly higher tolerance to interruptions of homology due to point base substitutions than RecA. Finding conditions where a chemical reaction is reversible and reaches equilibrium is critically important for its thermodynamically correct description. We believe that the experimental system described here will substantially facilitate further studies on different aspects of the mechanisms of homologous recombination.
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- Alexander A Volodin
- Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kurchatov Square, 123182 Moscow, Russia
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Bichara M, Fuchs RPP, Cordonnier A, Lambert IB. Preferential post-replication repair of DNA lesions situated on the leading strand of plasmids inEscherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 2009; 71:305-14. [PMID: 19017273 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06527.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Marc Bichara
- Université Strasbourg 1, Institut Gillbert Laustrait, CNRS-UMR 7175. Boulevard Sebastien Brant, BP 10413, F-67412 Illkirch-Cedex, France.
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McIlwraith MJ, West SC. The efficiency of strand invasion by Escherichia coli RecA is dependent upon the length and polarity of ssDNA tails. J Mol Biol 2001; 305:23-31. [PMID: 11114244 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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RecA protein is essential for homologous recombination and the repair of DNA double-strand breaks in Escherichia coli. The protein binds DNA to form nucleoprotein filaments that promote joint molecule formation and strand exchange in vitro. RecA polymerises on ssDNA in the 5'-3' direction and catalyses strand exchange and branch migration with a 5'-3' polarity. It has been reported previously, using D-loop assays, in which ssDNA (containing a heterologous block at one end) invades supercoiled duplex DNA that 3'-homologous ends are reactive, whereas 5'-ends are inactive. This polarity bias was thought to be due to the polarity of RecA filament formation, which results in the 3'-ends being coated in RecA, whereas 5'-ends remain naked. Using a range of duplex substrates containing ssDNA tails of various lengths and polarities, we now demonstrate that when no heterologous block is imposed, 5'-ends are just as reactive as 3'-ends. Moreover, using short-tailed substrates, we find that 5'-ends form more stable D-loops than 3'-ends. This bias may be a consequence of the instability of short 3'-joints. With more physiological substrates containing long ssDNA tails, we find that RecA shows no intrinsic preference for 5' or 3'-ends and that both form D-loop complexes with high efficiency.
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- M J McIlwraith
- Clare Hall Laboratories, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, South Mimms, Hertfordshire, EN6 3LD, UK
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Wong BC, Chiu SK, Chow SA. The role of negative superhelicity and length of homology in the formation of paranemic joints promoted by RecA protein. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:12120-7. [PMID: 9575157 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.20.12120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli RecA protein pairs homologous DNA molecules to form paranemic joints when there is an absence of a free end in the region of homologous contact. Paranemic joints are a key intermediate in homologous recombination and are important in understanding the mechanism for a search of homology. The efficiency of paranemic joint formation depended on the length of homology and the topological forms of the duplex DNA. The presence of negative superhelicity increased the pairing efficiency and reduced the minimal length of homology required for paranemic joint formation. Negative superhelicity stimulated joint formation by favoring the initial unwinding of duplex DNA that occurred during the homology search and was not essential in the maintenance of the paired structure. Regardless of length of homology, formation of paranemic joints using circular duplex DNA required the presence of more than six negative supercoils. Above six negative turns, an increasing degree of negative superhelicity resulted in a linear increase in the pairing efficiency. These results support a model of two distinct kinds of DNA unwinding occurring in paranemic joint formation: an initial unwinding caused by heterologous contacts during synapsis and a later one during pairing of the homologous molecules.
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- B C Wong
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Bianco PR, Weinstock GM. Interaction of the RecA protein of Escherichia coli with single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:4933-9. [PMID: 9016663 PMCID: PMC146329 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.24.4933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The RecA protein of Escherichia coli performs a number of ATP-dependent, in vitro reactions and is a DNA-dependent ATPase. Small oligodeoxyribonucleotides were used as DNA cofactors in a kinetic analysis of the ATPase reaction. Polymers of deoxythymidilic acid as well as oligonucleotides of mixed base composition stimulated the RecA ATPase activity in a length-dependent fashion. Both the initial rate and the extent of the reaction were affected by chain length. Full activity was seen with chain lengths > or = 30 nt. Partial activity was seen with chain lengths of 15-30 nt. The lower activity of shorter oligonucleotides was not simply due to a reduced affinity for DNA, since effects of chain length on KmATP and the Hill coefficient for ATP hydrolysis were also observed. The results also suggested that single-stranded DNA secondary structure frequently affects the ATPase activity of RecA protein with oligodeoxyribonucleotides.
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- P R Bianco
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225, USA
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While the E. coli RecA protein has been the most intensively studied enzyme of homologous recombination, the unusual RecA-DNA filament has stood alone until very recently. It now appears that this protein is part of a universal family that spans all of biology, and the filament that is formed by the protein on DNA is a universal structure. With RecA's role in recombination given new and greatly increased significance, we focus in this review on the energetics of the RecA-mediated strand exchange and the relation between the energetics and recombination spanning heterologous inserts.
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- A Stasiak
- Laboratoire d'Analyse Ultrastructurale, Bâtiment de Biologie, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
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Cazaux C, Larminat F, Villani G, Johnson N, Schnarr M, Defais M. Purification and biochemical characterization of Escherichia coli RecA proteins mutated in the putative DNA binding site. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37186-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Kumar KA, Mahalakshmi S, Muniyappa K. DNA-induced conformational changes in RecA protein. Evidence for structural heterogeneity among nucleoprotein filaments and implications for homologous pairing. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)74295-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Heyer WD, Kolodner RD. Enzymology of homologous recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1993; 46:221-71. [PMID: 8234785 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)61023-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- W D Heyer
- Institute of General Microbiology, Bern, Switzerland
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Cazaux C, Defais M. Genetical and biochemical evidence for the involvement of the coprotease domain of Escherichia coli RecA protein in recombination. J Mol Biol 1992; 223:823-9. [PMID: 1538397 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(92)90243-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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RecA amino acid residue 204 is involved in the coprotease domain of the protein responsible for the induction of mutagenic repair. Two mutations were created at this site leading to the addition of either a methyl or an isopropyl group on the original glycine. Analyses of both the in vivo and the in vitro properties of these mutated proteins demonstrated that this residue 204 is involved in many RecA activities, suggesting that this site could allosterically direct conformational changes in the protein or could be situated in a region interacting with many RecA cofactors.
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- C Cazaux
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie Fondamentales, C.N.R.S., Toulouse, France
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- M Koob
- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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Huang Y, Friedman S. Inhibition of recA-mediated strand exchange by adducts of azacytosine-containing DNA and the EcoRII methylase. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)47390-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Konforti B, Davis R. DNA substrate requirements for stable joint molecule formation by the RecA and single-stranded DNA-binding proteins of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)99197-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Heyer WD, Johnson AW, Norris DN, Tishkoff D, Kolodner RD. Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteins involved in hybrid DNA formation in vitro. Biochimie 1991; 73:269-76. [PMID: 1883885 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(91)90212-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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RecA-like activities that can form hybrid DNA in vitro have been identified in a wide variety of organisms. We have previously described the strand exchange protein 1 (SEP1) from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that can form hybrid DNA in vitro. Purified as an Mr 132,000 polypeptide, recent molecular and immunological studies have now shown that the native form is an Mr 175,000 polypeptide containing strand exchange activity. The gene encoding SEP1 has been cloned and sequenced. The primary sequence failed to reveal any significant sequence homology to other sequences in data base searches. In vivo SEP1 was found to be essential for normal meiosis as cells containing a homozygous insertion mutation in the SEP1 gene failed to sporulate. In order to identify additional factors that are involved in hybrid DNA formation in S cerevisiae, we used an in vitro stimulation assay to identify proteins that reconstitute strand exchange activity in reactions containing limiting amounts of SEP1. We have identified two proteins that functionally interact with SEP1. First, an Mr 34,000 single-stranded DNA binding protein stimulated the reaction by lowering the requirement for SEP1 about 3-4 fold. This protein is a fragment of the large subunit of a hetero-trimeric complex called yRP-A (yRF-A) which is thought to be the functional eukaryotic equivalent of single-stranded DNA binding proteins in prokaryotes. The gene encoding this protein (RPA1) is essential for growth. Second, an Mr 33,000 polypeptide, termed Stimulatory Factor 1 (SF1), dramatically stimulated the SEP1 catalyzed reaction by lowering the requirement for SEP1 about 300 fold.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- W D Heyer
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Rosselli W, Stasiak A. Energetics of RecA-mediated recombination reactions. Without ATP hydrolysis RecA can mediate polar strand exchange but is unable to recycle. J Mol Biol 1990; 216:335-52. [PMID: 2147722 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(05)80325-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We demonstrate that the step of DNA strand exchange during RecA-mediated recombination reaction can occur equally efficiently in the presence or absence of ATP hydrolysis. The polarity of strand exchange is the same when instead of ATP its non-hydrolyzable analog adenosine-5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) is used. We show that the ATP dependence of recombination reaction is limited to the post-exchange stages of the reactions. The low DNA affinity state of RecA protomers, induced after ATP hydrolysis, is necessary for the dissociation of RecA-DNA complexes at the end of the reaction. This dissociation of RecA from DNA is necessary for the release of recombinant DNA molecules from the complexes formed with RecA and for the recycling of RecA protomers for another round of the recombination reaction.
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- W Rosselli
- Laboratoire d'Analyse Ultrastructurale, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
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Lee JW, Cox MM. Inhibition of recA protein promoted ATP hydrolysis. 1. ATP gamma S and ADP are antagonistic inhibitors. Biochemistry 1990; 29:7666-76. [PMID: 2148682 DOI: 10.1021/bi00485a016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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ADP and adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (ATP gamma S) inhibit recA protein promoted ATP hydrolysis by fundamentally different mechanisms. In both cases, at least two modes of inhibition are observed. For ADP, the first mode is competitive inhibition. The second mode is manifested by dissociation of recA protein from DNA. These are readily distinguished in a comparison of ATP hydrolyses that are activated by (a) DNA and (b) high (approximately 2 M) salt concentrations. Competitive inhibition with a significant degree of cooperativity is observed under both sets of conditions, although the DNA-dependent activity is more sensitive to ADP than the high-salt reaction. The reaction in the presence of poly(deoxythymidylic acid) or duplex DNA ceases when about 60% of the available ATP is hydrolyzed, reflecting an ADP-mediated dissociation of recA protein from the DNA that is governed by the ADP/ATP ratio. In contrast, ATP hydrolysis proceeds nearly to completion at high salt concentrations. At high concentrations of ATP and ATP gamma S, ATP gamma S also acts as a competitive inhibitor. At low concentrations of ATP gamma S and ATP, however, ATP gamma S activates ATP hydrolysis. These patterns are observed for recA-mediated ATP hydrolysis with either high salt concentrations or a poly(deoxythymidylic acid) [poly(dT)] cofactor, although the activation is observed at much lower ATP and ATP gamma S concentrations when poly(dT) is used. ATP gamma S can also relieve the inhibitory effect of ADP under some conditions. ATP gamma S and ADP are antagonistic inhibitors, reinforcing the idea that they stabilize different conformations of the protein and suggesting that these conformations are mutually exclusive. The ATP gamma S (ATP) conformation is active in ATP hydrolysis. The ADP conformation is inactive.
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- J W Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706
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Akaboshi E, Howard-Flanders P. RecA-ssDNA interaction: induced strand cleavage by hydroxyl radical at a defined distance from the 5' end. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1990; 220:456-60. [PMID: 2160054 DOI: 10.1007/bf00391753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Interaction of the RecA protein with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) was analyzed by challenge with the hydroxyl radical, which can cleave the DNA backbone. We found that RecA protein induces cleavage by the radical at a defined distance from the 5' end. The cleavage was at the 11th nucleotide in many oligodeoxynucleotides. Cleavage may be intermittent since a second cleavage was induced at the 22nd or 21st site. This specific cleavage was observed under optimal conditions for filament formation, homologous pairing and strand exchange. Specificity in cleavage was, however, decreased by replacement of ATP by adenosine 5'-(gamma-thio)triphosphate (ATP gamma S), replacement of RecA protein by a mutant (RecA1) protein, or an increase in Mg2+ concentration. We propose that RecA protein induces a special structural alteration, such as bending, perhaps sequentially, on ssDNA and that this altered site plays an important role in homologous pairing and strand exchange.
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- E Akaboshi
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511
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Kodadek T, Wong ML, Alberts BM. The mechanism of homologous DNA strand exchange catalyzed by the bacteriophage T4 uvsX and gene 32 proteins. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)76558-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Shaner SL, Radding CM. Translocation of Escherichia coli recA protein from a single-stranded tail to contiguous duplex DNA. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)48069-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Kowalczykowski SC. Mechanistic aspects of the DNA strand exchange activity of E. coli recA protein. Trends Biochem Sci 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/0968-0004(87)90070-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Williams RC, Spengler SJ. Fibers of RecA protein and complexes of RecA protein and single-stranded phi X174 DNA as visualized by negative-stain electron microscopy. J Mol Biol 1986; 187:109-18. [PMID: 2937923 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(86)90410-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Monomers of purified RecA protein polymerize into helical fibers whose pitch is 7.2 nm to 7.5 nm and whose diameter is 11 nm. Either short (approximately 0.2 micron), single fibers, or bundles of aligned, longer fibers, can be formed preferentially, by varying the Mg2+ concentration. When RecA protein is bound to circular, single-stranded phi X174 DNA it forms helical fibers of different classes of contour lengths, ranging from 0.98 micron, depending upon the conditions of assembly. Two different helical pitches are found, one of 9.3 nm when the incubation buffer contains, besides the obligatory Mg2+, either ATP gamma S or ATP accompanied by single-strand binding protein, and one of 5.5 nm when the latter additives are omitted. Preformed fibers of the compact type can be converted to open ones of 9.3 nm pitch upon addition of ATP gamma S, even after the removal of unbound RecA. All signs of helicity are obliterated upon glutaraldehyde cross-linking except in those fibers whose assembly has been mediated by ATP gamma S. RecA protein and single-strand binding protein are competitively bound to single-stranded DNA. Composite complexes, however, are not encountered unless ATP gamma S is present. Otherwise, segments of DNA that are coated by one or the other protein are seen as separate regions. When the assembly of complexes of single-stranded DNA and RecA is mediated by single-strand binding protein and ATP, the axial separation between successive bases is 0 X 42 nm, somewhat greater than the axial distance between bases in one strand of duplex DNA in the B form. It is proposed that the bases of the single-stranded DNA in the complex are located near its inner surface, and that base-pairing with double-stranded DNA takes place following invasion of the central cavity of the complex.
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On the mechanism of pairing of single- and double-stranded DNA molecules by the recA and single-stranded DNA-binding proteins of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36047-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Register JC, Griffith J. The direction of RecA protein assembly onto single strand DNA is the same as the direction of strand assimilation during strand exchange. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)39026-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The pairing activity of stable nucleoprotein filaments made from recA protein, single-stranded DNA, and adenosine 5'-(gamma-thio)triphosphate. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)39108-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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