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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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Kitayama S, Narumi I, Kikuchi M, Watanabe H. Mutation in recR gene of Deinococcus radiodurans and possible involvement of its product in the repair of DNA interstrand cross-links. Mutat Res 2000; 461:179-87. [PMID: 11056289 DOI: 10.1016/s0921-8777(00)00044-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We previously reported that some Deinococcus radiodurans mutants are sensitive to DNA interstrand cross-linking agents but resistant to UV and gamma-rays. We isolated DNA fragments from a D. radiodurans genomic library which complemented the mitomycin C sensitivity of one of these mutants. One 3.2kb-long fragment contains an open reading frame of approximately 700bp and the deduced amino acid sequence is very homologous to other prokaryotic RecR proteins. This open reading frame in the mitomycin C-sensitive mutant strain contains a frame shift mutation at its carboxyl terminal region. These data suggest that RecR protein plays an important role in the resistance to interstrand cross-links in this bacterium.
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- S Kitayama
- The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Wako, 350-0198, Saitama, Japan
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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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Gordon C, King J. Temperature-sensitive mutations in the phage P22 coat protein which interfere with polypeptide chain folding. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98358-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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McHenry C. DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. Components, structure, and mechanism of a true replicative complex. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54967-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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We have determined the transcriptional organization of the Escherichia coli dnaX gene, the structural gene for both the gamma and tau subunits of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. By S1 nuclease protection and primer extension mapping of transcripts encoding the dnaX products, one primary promoter of dnaX has been identified that initiates transcription 37 nucleotides upstream from the first codon. dnaX resides in an operon with two recently sequenced genes, orf12, encoding an unidentified product, and recR, the structural gene for a protein involved in the recF pathway of recombination. Under conditions of balanced growth, a very small amount of transcription from the upstream apt promoter (less than 5%) contributes to the expression of tau and gamma, too low for apt to be considered to be on an operon with dnaX, orf12, and recR are transcribed from an independent promoter as well as from the dnaX promoter, providing a mechanism for orf12 and recR to be regulated independent of dnaX. Transcription of the dnaX-orf12-recR operon is terminated upstream from the previously characterized heat shock gene htpG. The dnaX and orf12-recR promoters, cloned into a promoter detection vector, efficiently direct the expression of the downstream reporter gene, lacZ. These results extend our knowledge of the genetic and transcriptional organization of this region of the E. coli chromosome. The transcriptional organization has been defined as follows: apt, dnaX-orf12-recR, htpG. All of these genes are transcribed in the clockwise direction and only dnaX, orf12 and recR are contained in the dnaX operon.
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- A M Flower
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262
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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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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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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 S, Kornberg A. DNA polymerase III holoenzyme of Escherichia coli. I. Purification and distinctive functions of subunits tau and gamma, the dnaZX gene products. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68676-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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We have determined the sequence of a 4,350-nucleotide region of the Escherichia coli chromosome that contains dnaE, the structural gene for the alpha subunit of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. The dnaE gene appeared to be part of an operon containing at least three other genes: 5'-lpxB-ORF23-dnaE-ORF37-3' (ORF, open reading frame). The lpxB gene encodes lipid A disaccharide synthase, an enzyme essential for cell growth and division (M. Nishijima, C.E. Bulawa, and C.R.H. Raetz, J. Bacteriol. 145:113-121, 1981). The termination codons of lpxB and ORF23 overlapped the initiation codons of ORF23 and dnaE, respectively, suggesting translational coupling. No rho-independent transcription termination sequences were observed. A potential internal transcriptional promoter was found preceding dnaE. Deletion of the -35 region of this promoter abolished dnaE expression in plasmids lacking additional upstream sequences. From the deduced amino acid sequence, alpha had a molecular weight of 129,920 and an isoelectric point of 4.93 for the denatured protein. ORF23 encoded a more basic protein (pI 7.11) with a molecular weight of 23,228. In the accompanying paper (D.N. Crowell, W.S. Reznikoff, and C.R.H. Raetz, J. Bacteriol. 169:5727-5734, 1987), the sequence of the upstream region that contains lpxA and lpxB is reported.
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- H G Tomasiewicz
- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262
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Rossi M, Rella R, Pensa M, Bartolucci S, De Rosa M, Gambacorta A, Raia C, Orabona ND. Structure and properties of a thermophilic and thermostable DNA polymerase isolated from Sulfolobus solfataricus. Syst Appl Microbiol 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(86)80029-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Monoclonal antibodies specific for the alpha subunit of the Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)71328-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Biswas SB, Kornberg A. Nucleoside triphosphate binding to DNA polymerase III holoenzyme of Escherichia coli. A direct photoaffinity labeling study. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)42890-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Shepard D, Oberfelder RW, Welch MM, McHenry CS. Determination of the precise location and orientation of the Escherichia coli dnaE gene. J Bacteriol 1984; 158:455-9. [PMID: 6327605 PMCID: PMC215449 DOI: 10.1128/jb.158.2.455-459.1984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The minimal region required for expression of the dnaE gene of Escherichia coli has been determined relative to a detailed restriction endonuclease map. This has been accomplished by analysis of Bal 31 exonuclease-generated deletions from the termini of the E. coli DNA contained in plasmid pMWE303 , a plasmid that we have previously demonstrated to contain the dnaE gene (M. M. Welch and C. S. McHenry , J. Bacteriol . 152:351-356, 1982). The competence of these deletion-containing plasmids in expressing the alpha subunit of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme has been determined by their ability both to complement a dnaE mutant and to direct the synthesis of a complete alpha subunit. The carboxyl-terminal coding region of dnaE has been identified through the detection of partial alpha polypeptides encoded by plasmids containing deletions from one end of the gene. This approach has permitted the precise determination of both termini of the dnaE gene and the determination of the orientation of the gene within the E. coli chromosome.
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Meyer RR, Brown CL, Rein DC. A new DNA-dependent ATPase from Escherichia coli. Purification and characterization of ATPase IV. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)42961-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Marians KJ. Enzymology of DNA in replication in prokaryotes. CRC CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY 1984; 17:153-215. [PMID: 6097404 DOI: 10.3109/10409238409113604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This review stresses recent developments in the in vitro study of DNA replication in prokaryotes. New insights into the enzymological mechanisms of initiation and elongation of leading and lagging strand DNA synthesis in ongoing studies are emphasized. Data from newly developed systems, such as those replicating oriC containing DNA or which are dependent on the lambda, O, and P proteins, are presented and the information compared to existing mechanisms. Evidence bearing on the coupling of DNA synthesis on both parental strands through protein-protein interactions and on the turnover of the elongation systems are analyzed. The structure of replication origins, and how their tertiary structure affects recognition and interaction with the various replication proteins is discussed.
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Smith C, McKune K, Cox R, Ford C. Preliminary characterisation of inhibitors of DNA polymerase isolated from Xenopus laevis early embryos. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1983; 741:109-15. [PMID: 6615840 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(83)90016-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Inhibitors of DNA polymerase have been detected in Xenopus laevis ovary and egg extracts. The characteristics of the inhibitors differ between the two extracts. In ovary preparations, the inhibitor is retained by dialysis tubing and is heat sensitive, whereas in egg extracts it is diffusable and heat stable. In both extracts, the activity co-elutes with DNA polymerase after ion exchange chromatography. Chromatography of ovary extracts renders the inhibitor diffusable and heat stable. Preliminary characterisation of inhibitory activity from eggs shows that the substance is sensitive to pronase digestion and has an approx. 300-500 molecular weight. Kinetic studies demonstrate that the inhibitor is uncompetitive with the DNA template and show mixed inhibitory kinetics with respect to the deoxynucleotides.
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Kodaira M, Biswas SB, Kornberg A. The dnaX gene encodes the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme tau subunit, precursor of the gamma subunit, the dnaZ gene product. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1983; 192:80-6. [PMID: 6358801 DOI: 10.1007/bf00327650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The E. coli dnaX and dnaZ gene products, essential for E. coli DNA replication, serve in chain elongation. Both genes, located at 10.4 min and previously cloned into a lambda vector and a ColE1 plasmid, were subcloned into pBR322 (pMK212). The coding region for the dnaX and dnaZ genes was localized to a 2.2-kb segment by deletion analysis of pMK212. The products of dnaX and dnaZ genes were identified as 78 kd and 52 kd polypeptides, respectively, by using maxicells bearing deletion clones of pMK212. Peptide mapping after limited proteolysis showed that the dnaZ gene product (52 kd) is a part of the dnaX gene product (78 kd), thus accounting for the coding capacity of the 2.2 kb region for both the dnaX and dnaZ genes. The dnaX gene product appears to be the tau subunit of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme; the dnaZ gene product is confirmed as the gamma subunit of the holoenzyme.
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Mullin DA, Woldringh CL, Henson JM, Walker JR. Cloning of the Escherichia coli dnaZX region and identification of its products. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1983; 192:73-9. [PMID: 6316113 DOI: 10.1007/bf00327649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The Escherichia coli DNA replication genes dnaZ and dnaX have previously been localized very near each other at 10.4 to 10.5 min on the chromosome map. These genes were cloned from a dnaZ+X+ plasmid of the Clarke and Carbon collection by identifying complementing fragments and both were located on a 2.1 kilobase pair (kb) fragment. The organization of the Z and X genes was investigated by Tn5 mutagenesis of a Z+X+ plasmid. Insertions which abolished Z or X complementing activity were mapped by restriction enzyme analysis within the 2.1 kb fragment. With the exception of one atypical insertion, all the insertions inactivated both Z and X complementation. The protein products of the dnaZ-dnaX region were labelled in minicells containing dnaZ+X+ and dnaZX::Tn5 plasmids. The 2.1 kb ZX region (which has a maximum coding capacity of 77,000 daltons of protein in a single reading frame) directed the synthesis of two proteins, one of 75,000 daltons, designated dnaX, and another of 56,500 daltons, designated dnaZ. Tn5 insertion into the ZX region interrupted the synthesis of these proteins; the detection of truncated fragments of dnaX determined the direction of transcription. In vitro, using a coupled transcription-translation system dependent on plasmid DNA, synthesis of the 75,000 dalton dnaX protein was demonstrated, but there was no detectable synthesis of the smaller dnaZ protein. Probably, therefore, the 75,000 dalton dnaX protein is cleaved in vivo to generate the dnaZ protein. It is possible that the 75,000 dalton product is the tau subunit of DNA polymerase III because they migrated similarly in electrophoresis.
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Maruyama M, Horiuchi T, Maki H, Sekiguchi M. A dominant (mutD5) and a recessive (dnaQ49) mutator of Escherichia coli. J Mol Biol 1983; 167:757-71. [PMID: 6224021 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(83)80109-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The two known strong mutators of Escherichia coli K12, mutD5 (Degnen & Cox, 1974) and dnaQ49 (Horiuchi et al., 1978), are located at almost the same position, at five minutes on the linkage map. To clarify the genetical and functional relationships between these two mutators, we have constructed hybrid plasmids and phages carrying dnaQ+ or mutD5 by using in vivo and in vitro recombination techniques and examined their effect on the phenotype of wild-type or mutant bacteria. The results indicated that the mutD5 mutator is dominant over the wild-type allele whereas dnaQ49 is recessive. Thus, mutD5 plasmid or mutD5 transducing lambda phage can be used to convert a wild-type strain to a highly mutable strain. Both dnaQ+ and mutD5 plasmids carried a 1.5 X 10(3) base DNA fragment derived from the E. coli chromosome and they were indistinguishable from each other by restriction enzyme analysis. Moreover, specific labeling of the plasmid-encoded proteins by the maxicell method revealed that the mutD5 plasmid codes for two proteins, one whose molecular weight is 25,000 and the other whose molecular weight is 21,000, which correspond to the dnaQ protein and RNase H, respectively. Insertion of the gamma delta sequence into the mutD gene of the plasmid resulted in disappearance of the 25,000 Mr protein. These results suggested that the dnaQ49 and mutD5 mutator are mutations that have arisen in a single gene, though they differ in many respects.
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Hübscher U. DNA polymerases in prokaryotes and eukaryotes: mode of action and biological implications. EXPERIENTIA 1983; 39:1-25. [PMID: 6297955 DOI: 10.1007/bf01960616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Blinkowa A, Haldenwang WG, Ramsey JA, Henson JM, Mullin DA, Walker JR. Physiological properties of cold-sensitive suppressor mutations of a temperature-sensitive dnaZ mutant of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1983; 153:66-75. [PMID: 6184364 PMCID: PMC217342 DOI: 10.1128/jb.153.1.66-75.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Suppressors of a temperature-sensitive dnaZ polymerization mutant of Escherichia coli have been identified by selecting temperature-insensitive revertants. Those suppressed strains which concomitantly became cold sensitive were chosen for further study. Intragenic suppressor mutations, which caused cold-sensitive defects in DNA polymerization, were located in dnaZ by transduction with lambda dnaZ+ phages. Extragenic suppressor mutations were mapped within the initiation gene dnaA. These suppressor-containing strains were defective in initiation at low temperature as determined by measurements of DNA synthesis in vivo and in toluene-treated cells. The occurrence of suppressor mutations of dnaZ(Ts) within the dnaA gene is considered evidence that the dnaA and dnaZ products interact in vivo. A second indication of a dnaA-dnaZ protein-protein interaction was provided by the observation that the introduction of additional copies of the dnaZ+ gene into a strain carrying the dnaA suppressor mutation was lethal [whether the strain was dnaZ+ or dnaZ(Ts)].
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Blinkowa A, Walker JR. Interactions of DNA replication factors in vivo as detected by introduction of suppressor alleles of dnaA into other temperature-sensitive dna mutants. J Bacteriol 1983; 153:535-8. [PMID: 6444206 PMCID: PMC217404 DOI: 10.1128/jb.153.1.535-538.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Suppressor mutations located within dnaA can suppress the temperature sensitivity of a dnaZ polymerization mutant, indicating in vivo interaction of the products of these genes. The suppressor allele of dnaA [designated dnaA(SUZ, Cs)] could not be introduced, even at the permissive temperature, by transduction into temperature-sensitive (Ts) dnaC or dnaG recipients; it was transduced into dnaB(Ts) and dnaE(Ts) strains but at very low frequency. Recipient cells which were dnaA+ dnaE(Ts) were killed by the incoming dnaA(SUZ, Cs) allele, and it is presumed that combinations of dnaA(SUZ, Cs) with dnaB(Ts), dnaC(Ts), or dnaG(Ts) are lethal also. In one specific case, the lethality required the presence of three alleles: the incoming dnaA suppressor mutation, the resident dnaA+ gene, and the dnaB(Ts) gene. This was shown by the fact that dnaB(Ts) could readily be introduced into a dnaA(SUZ, Cs) dnaB+ recipient. That is, in the absence of dnaA+, the dnaA suppressor and dnaB(Ts) double mutant was stable. One model to explain these results proposes that the dnaA protein functions not only in initiation but also in the replication complex which contains multiple copies of dnaA and other replication factors.
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Rowen L, Kobori JA, Scherer S. Cloning of bacterial DNA replication genes in bacteriophage lambda. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1982; 187:501-9. [PMID: 6294475 DOI: 10.1007/bf00332635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Recombinant lambda phages containing the genes for dnaZ protein (the gamma subunit of DNA polymerse III holoenzyme), primase (dnaG protein) and dnaC protein from Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium were isolated. Each gene cloned from S. typhimurium has extensive DNA sequence homology to the corresponding E. coli gene. Clones selected by complementation of a dnaA temperature-sensitive mutant appear similar to other isolated suppressors of dnaA (Projan and Wechsler 1981). Derivatives of each cloned fragment suitable for overproduction of the protein were constructed. Of those tested, only the phage containing the E. coli dnaZ gene resulted in significant overproduction.
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Burgers PM, Kornberg A. ATP activation of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme of Escherichia coli. I. ATP-dependent formation of an initiation complex with a primed template. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)33783-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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