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Lewis JS, van Oijen AM, Spenkelink LM. Embracing Heterogeneity: Challenging the Paradigm of Replisomes as Deterministic Machines. Chem Rev 2023; 123:13419-13440. [PMID: 37971892 PMCID: PMC10790245 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
Abstract
The paradigm of cellular systems as deterministic machines has long guided our understanding of biology. Advancements in technology and methodology, however, have revealed a world of stochasticity, challenging the notion of determinism. Here, we explore the stochastic behavior of multi-protein complexes, using the DNA replication system (replisome) as a prime example. The faithful and timely copying of DNA depends on the simultaneous action of a large set of enzymes and scaffolding factors. This fundamental cellular process is underpinned by dynamic protein-nucleic acid assemblies that must transition between distinct conformations and compositional states. Traditionally viewed as a well-orchestrated molecular machine, recent experimental evidence has unveiled significant variability and heterogeneity in the replication process. In this review, we discuss recent advances in single-molecule approaches and single-particle cryo-EM, which have provided insights into the dynamic processes of DNA replication. We comment on the new challenges faced by structural biologists and biophysicists as they attempt to describe the dynamic cascade of events leading to replisome assembly, activation, and progression. The fundamental principles uncovered and yet to be discovered through the study of DNA replication will inform on similar operating principles for other multi-protein complexes.
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- Jacob S. Lewis
- Macromolecular
Machines Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, United Kingdom
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- Molecular
Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Molecular
Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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Leroux M, Soubry N, Reyes-Lamothe R. Dynamics of Proteins and Macromolecular Machines in Escherichia coli. EcoSal Plus 2021; 9:eESP00112020. [PMID: 34060908 PMCID: PMC11163846 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.esp-0011-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Proteins are major contributors to the composition and the functions in the cell. They often assemble into larger structures, macromolecular machines, to carry out intricate essential functions. Although huge progress in understanding how macromolecular machines function has been made by reconstituting them in vitro, the role of the intracellular environment is still emerging. The development of fluorescence microscopy techniques in the last 2 decades has allowed us to obtain an increased understanding of proteins and macromolecular machines in cells. Here, we describe how proteins move by diffusion, how they search for their targets, and how they are affected by the intracellular environment. We also describe how proteins assemble into macromolecular machines and provide examples of how frequent subunit turnover is used for them to function and to respond to changes in the intracellular conditions. This review emphasizes the constant movement of molecules in cells, the stochastic nature of reactions, and the dynamic nature of macromolecular machines.
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- Maxime Leroux
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Spinks RR, Spenkelink LM, Dixon NE, van Oijen AM. Single-Molecule Insights Into the Dynamics of Replicative Helicases. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:741718. [PMID: 34513934 PMCID: PMC8426354 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.741718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Helicases are molecular motors that translocate along single-stranded DNA and unwind duplex DNA. They rely on the consumption of chemical energy from nucleotide hydrolysis to drive their translocation. Specialized helicases play a critically important role in DNA replication by unwinding DNA at the front of the replication fork. The replicative helicases of the model systems bacteriophages T4 and T7, Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been extensively studied and characterized using biochemical methods. While powerful, their averaging over ensembles of molecules and reactions makes it challenging to uncover information related to intermediate states in the unwinding process and the dynamic helicase interactions within the replisome. Here, we describe single-molecule methods that have been developed in the last few decades and discuss the new details that these methods have revealed about replicative helicases. Applying methods such as FRET and optical and magnetic tweezers to individual helicases have made it possible to access the mechanistic aspects of unwinding. It is from these methods that we understand that the replicative helicases studied so far actively translocate and then passively unwind DNA, and that these hexameric enzymes must efficiently coordinate the stepping action of their subunits to achieve unwinding, where the size of each step is prone to variation. Single-molecule fluorescence microscopy methods have made it possible to visualize replicative helicases acting at replication forks and quantify their dynamics using multi-color colocalization, FRAP and FLIP. These fluorescence methods have made it possible to visualize helicases in replication initiation and dissect this intricate protein-assembly process. In a similar manner, single-molecule visualization of fluorescent replicative helicases acting in replication identified that, in contrast to the replicative polymerases, the helicase does not exchange. Instead, the replicative helicase acts as the stable component that serves to anchor the other replication factors to the replisome.
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- Richard R Spinks
- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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Sandler SJ, Leroux M, Windgassen TA, Keck JL. Escherichia coli K-12 has two distinguishable PriA-PriB replication restart pathways. Mol Microbiol 2021; 116:1140-1150. [PMID: 34423481 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In Escherichia coli, PriA, PriB, PriC, and DnaT proteins mediate three pathways for Replication Restart called PriA-PriB, PriA-PriC, and PriC. PriA is crucial for two of the three pathways. Its absence leads to slow growth, high basal levels of SOS expression, poorly partitioning nucleoids, UV sensitivity, and recombination deficiency. PriA has ATPase and helicase activities and interacts with PriB, DnaT, and single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB). priA300 (K230R) and priA301 (C479Y) have no phenotype as single mutants, but each phenocopy a priA-null mutant combined with ∆priB. This suggested that the two priA mutations affected the helicase activity that is required for the PriA-PriC pathway. To further test this, the biochemical activities of purified PriA300 and PriA301 were examined. As expected, PriA300 lacks ATPase and helicase activities but retains the ability to interact with PriB. PriA301, however, retains significant PriB-stimulated helicase activity even though PriA301 interactions with PriB and DNA are weakened. A PriA300,301 variant retains only the ability to interact with DNA in vitro and phenocopies the priA-null phenotype in vivo. This suggests that there are two biochemically and genetically distinct PriA-PriB pathways. One uses PriB-stimulated helicase activity to free a region of ssDNA and the other uses helicase-independent remodeling activity.
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- Steven J Sandler
- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.,Biology Department, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.,Codexis Inc, Redwood City, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
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Yasmin T, Azeroglu B, Cockram CA, Leach DRF. Distribution of Holliday junctions and repair forks during Escherichia coli DNA double-strand break repair. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009717. [PMID: 34432790 PMCID: PMC8386832 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Accurate repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is crucial for cell survival and genome integrity. In Escherichia coli, DSBs are repaired by homologous recombination (HR), using an undamaged sister chromosome as template. The DNA intermediates of this pathway are expected to be branched molecules that may include 4-way structures termed Holliday junctions (HJs), and 3-way structures such as D-loops and repair forks. Using a tool creating a site-specific, repairable DSB on only one of a pair of replicating sister chromosomes, we have determined how these branched DNA intermediates are distributed across a DNA region that is undergoing DSB repair. In cells, where branch migration and cleavage of HJs are limited by inactivation of the RuvABC complex, HJs and repair forks are principally accumulated within a distance of 12 kb from sites of recombination initiation, known as Chi, on each side of the engineered DSB. These branched DNA structures can even be detected in the region of DNA between the Chi sites flanking the DSB, a DNA segment not expected to be engaged in recombination initiation, and potentially degraded by RecBCD nuclease action. This is observed even in the absence of the branch migration and helicase activities of RuvAB, RadA, RecG, RecQ and PriA. The detection of full-length DNA fragments containing HJs in this central region implies that DSB repair can restore the two intact chromosomes, into which HJs can relocate prior to their resolution. The distribution of recombination intermediates across the 12kb region beyond Chi is altered in xonA, recJ and recQ mutants suggesting that, in the RecBCD pathway of DSB repair, exonuclease I stimulates the formation of repair forks and that RecJQ promotes strand-invasion at a distance from the recombination initiation sites.
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- Tahirah Yasmin
- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, King’s Buildings, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Spinks RR, Spenkelink LM, Stratmann SA, Xu ZQ, Stamford NPJ, Brown SE, Dixon NE, Jergic S, van Oijen AM. DnaB helicase dynamics in bacterial DNA replication resolved by single-molecule studies. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:6804-6816. [PMID: 34139009 PMCID: PMC8266626 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
In Escherichia coli, the DnaB helicase forms the basis for the assembly of the DNA replication complex. The stability of DnaB at the replication fork is likely important for successful replication initiation and progression. Single-molecule experiments have significantly changed the classical model of highly stable replication machines by showing that components exchange with free molecules from the environment. However, due to technical limitations, accurate assessments of DnaB stability in the context of replication are lacking. Using in vitro fluorescence single-molecule imaging, we visualise DnaB loaded on forked DNA templates. That these helicases are highly stable at replication forks, indicated by their observed dwell time of ∼30 min. Addition of the remaining replication factors results in a single DnaB helicase integrated as part of an active replisome. In contrast to the dynamic behaviour of other replisome components, DnaB is maintained within the replisome for the entirety of the replication process. Interestingly, we observe a transient interaction of additional helicases with the replication fork. This interaction is dependent on the τ subunit of the clamp-loader complex. Collectively, our single-molecule observations solidify the role of the DnaB helicase as the stable anchor of the replisome, but also reveal its capacity for dynamic interactions.
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- Richard R Spinks
- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.,Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health & Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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In all organisms, replication impairments are an important source of genome rearrangements, mainly because of the formation of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) ends at inactivated replication forks. Three reactions for the formation of dsDNA ends at replication forks were originally described for Escherichia coli and became seminal models for all organisms: the encounter of replication forks with preexisting single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) interruptions, replication fork reversal, and head-to-tail collisions of successive replication rounds. Here, we first review the experimental evidence that now allows us to know when, where, and how these three different reactions occur in E. coli. Next, we recall our recent studies showing that in wild-type E. coli, spontaneous replication fork breakage occurs in 18% of cells at each generation. We propose that it results from the replication of preexisting nicks or gaps, since it does not involve replication fork reversal or head-to-tail fork collisions. In the recB mutant, deficient for double-strand break (DSB) repair, fork breakage triggers DSBs in the chromosome terminus during cell division, a reaction that is heritable for several generations. Finally, we recapitulate several observations suggesting that restart from intact inactivated replication forks and restart from recombination intermediates require different sets of enzymatic activities. The finding that 18% of cells suffer replication fork breakage suggests that DNA remains intact at most inactivated forks. Similarly, only 18% of cells need the helicase loader for replication restart, which leads us to speculate that the replicative helicase remains on DNA at intact inactivated replication forks and is reactivated by the replication restart proteins.
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In bacteria, replication forks assembled at a replication origin travel to the terminus, often a few megabases away. They may encounter obstacles that trigger replisome disassembly, rendering replication restart from abandoned forks crucial for cell viability. During the past 25 years, the genes that encode replication restart proteins have been identified and genetically characterized. In parallel, the enzymes were purified and analyzed in vitro, where they can catalyze replication initiation in a sequence-independent manner from fork-like DNA structures. This work also revealed a close link between replication and homologous recombination, as replication restart from recombination intermediates is an essential step of DNA double-strand break repair in bacteria and, conversely, arrested replication forks can be acted upon by recombination proteins and converted into various recombination substrates. In this review, we summarize this intense period of research that led to the characterization of the ubiquitous replication restart protein PriA and its partners, to the definition of several replication restart pathways in vivo, and to the description of tight links between replication and homologous recombination, responsible for the importance of replication restart in the maintenance of genome stability.
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Beattie TR, Kapadia N, Nicolas E, Uphoff S, Wollman AJ, Leake MC, Reyes-Lamothe R. Frequent exchange of the DNA polymerase during bacterial chromosome replication. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28362256 PMCID: PMC5403216 DOI: 10.7554/elife.21763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
The replisome is a multiprotein machine that carries out DNA replication. In Escherichia coli, a single pair of replisomes is responsible for duplicating the entire 4.6 Mbp circular chromosome. In vitro studies of reconstituted E. coli replisomes have attributed this remarkable processivity to the high stability of the replisome once assembled on DNA. By examining replisomes in live E. coli with fluorescence microscopy, we found that the Pol III* subassembly frequently disengages from the replisome during DNA synthesis and exchanges with free copies from solution. In contrast, the DnaB helicase associates stably with the replication fork, providing the molecular basis for how the E. coli replisome can maintain high processivity and yet possess the flexibility to bypass obstructions in template DNA. Our data challenges the widely-accepted semi-discontinuous model of chromosomal replication, instead supporting a fully discontinuous mechanism in which synthesis of both leading and lagging strands is frequently interrupted. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21763.001 New cells are created when an existing cell divides to produce two new ones. During this process the original cell must copy its DNA so each new cell inherits a full set of genetic material. DNA is made up of two strands that twist together to form a double helix. These strands need to be separated so they can be used as templates to make new DNA strands. An enzyme called DNA helicase is responsible for separating the two DNA strands and another enzyme makes the new DNA. These enzymes are part of a group of proteins collectively called the replisome that controls the whole DNA copying process. The replisome must be extremely reliable to avoid introducing mistakes into the cell’s genes. Previous research using replisomes extracted from cells indicated that replisomes are effective at copying DNA because the proteins they contain are strongly bound together and remain attached to the DNA for a long time. However, the behavior of replisomes in living cells has not been closely examined. Beattie, Kapadia et al. used microscopy to observe how the replisome copies DNA in a bacterium called Escherichia coli. The experiments revealed that most of the proteins within the replisome are constantly being replaced during DNA copying. The exception to this is DNA helicase, which stays in place at the front of the replisome, providing a landing platform for all the other parts of the machine to come and go. Future work will investigate why the parts of the replisome are replaced so frequently. This may allow us to alter the stability of the bacterial replisome, which may lead to new medical treatments and biotechnologies. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.21763.002
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- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Biological Physical Sciences Institute, Departments of Physics and Biology, University of York, Heslington, United Kingdom
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- Biological Physical Sciences Institute, Departments of Physics and Biology, University of York, Heslington, United Kingdom
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Mangiameli SM, Merrikh CN, Wiggins PA, Merrikh H. Transcription leads to pervasive replisome instability in bacteria. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28092263 PMCID: PMC5305214 DOI: 10.7554/elife.19848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The canonical model of DNA replication describes a highly-processive and largely continuous process by which the genome is duplicated. This continuous model is based upon in vitro reconstitution and in vivo ensemble experiments. Here, we characterize the replisome-complex stoichiometry and dynamics with single-molecule resolution in bacterial cells. Strikingly, the stoichiometries of the replicative helicase, DNA polymerase, and clamp loader complexes are consistent with the presence of only one active replisome in a significant fraction of cells (>40%). Furthermore, many of the observed complexes have short lifetimes (<8 min), suggesting that replisome disassembly is quite prevalent, possibly occurring several times per cell cycle. The instability of the replisome complex is conflict-induced: transcription inhibition stabilizes these complexes, restoring the second replisome in many of the cells. Our results suggest that, in contrast to the canonical model, DNA replication is a largely discontinuous process in vivo due to pervasive replication-transcription conflicts. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.19848.001
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.,Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.,Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.,Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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Mangiameli SM, Merrikh CN, Wiggins PA, Merrikh H. Transcription leads to pervasive replisome instability in bacteria. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28092263 DOI: 10.7554/elife.19848.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Accepted: 01/15/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
Abstract
The canonical model of DNA replication describes a highly-processive and largely continuous process by which the genome is duplicated. This continuous model is based upon in vitro reconstitution and in vivo ensemble experiments. Here, we characterize the replisome-complex stoichiometry and dynamics with single-molecule resolution in bacterial cells. Strikingly, the stoichiometries of the replicative helicase, DNA polymerase, and clamp loader complexes are consistent with the presence of only one active replisome in a significant fraction of cells (>40%). Furthermore, many of the observed complexes have short lifetimes (<8 min), suggesting that replisome disassembly is quite prevalent, possibly occurring several times per cell cycle. The instability of the replisome complex is conflict-induced: transcription inhibition stabilizes these complexes, restoring the second replisome in many of the cells. Our results suggest that, in contrast to the canonical model, DNA replication is a largely discontinuous process in vivo due to pervasive replication-transcription conflicts.
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- Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, United States
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Verma V, Kumar A, Nitharwal RG, Alam J, Mukhopadhyay AK, Dasgupta S, Dhar SK. 'Modulation of the enzymatic activities of replicative helicase (DnaB) by interaction with Hp0897: a possible mechanism for helicase loading in Helicobacter pylori'. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:3288-303. [PMID: 27001508 PMCID: PMC4838378 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA replication in Helicobacter pylori is initiated from a unique site (oriC) on its chromosome where several proteins assemble to form a functional replisome. The assembly of H. pylori replication machinery is similar to that of the model gram negative bacterium Escherichia coli except for the absence of DnaC needed to recruit the hexameric DnaB helicase at the replisome assembly site. In the absence of an obvious DnaC homologue in H. pylori, the question arises as to whether HpDnaB helicase is loaded at the Hp-replication origin by itself or is assisted by other unidentified protein(s). A high-throughput yeast two-hybrid study has revealed two proteins of unknown functions (Hp0897 and Hp0340) that interact with HpDnaB. Here we demonstrate that Hp0897 interacts with HpDnaB helicase in vitro as well as in vivo. Furthermore, the interaction stimulates the DNA binding activity of HpDnaB and modulates its adenosine triphosphate hydrolysis and helicase activities significantly. Prior complex formation of Hp0897 and HpDnaB enhances the binding/loading of DnaB onto DNA. Hp0897, along with HpDnaB, colocalizes with replication complex at initiation but does not move with the replisome during elongation. Together, these results suggest a possible role of Hp0897 in loading of HpDnaB at oriC.
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- Vijay Verma
- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, Uppsala-75124, Sweden
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- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata-700010, India
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Box 596, Uppsala-75124, Sweden
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India
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Mettrick KA, Grainge I. Stability of blocked replication forks in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:657-68. [PMID: 26490956 PMCID: PMC4737137 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Replication of chromosomal DNA must be carried out to completion in order for a cell to proliferate. However, replication forks can stall during this process for a variety of reasons, including nucleoprotein 'roadblocks' and DNA lesions. In these circumstances the replisome copying the DNA may disengage from the chromosome to allow various repair processes to restore DNA integrity and enable replication to continue. Here, we report the in vivo stability of the replication fork when it encounters a nucleoprotein blockage in Escherichia coli. Using a site-specific and reversible protein block system in conjunction with the temperature sensitive DnaC helicase loader and DnaB replicative helicase, we monitored the disappearance of the Y-shaped DNA replication fork structures using neutral-neutral 2D agarose gels. We show the replication fork collapses within 5 min of encountering the roadblock. Therefore, the stalled replication fork does not pause at a block in a stable confirmation for an extended period of time as previously postulated.
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- Karla A Mettrick
- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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Beattie TR, Reyes-Lamothe R. A Replisome's journey through the bacterial chromosome. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:562. [PMID: 26097470 PMCID: PMC4456610 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Genome duplication requires the coordinated activity of a multi-component machine, the replisome. In contrast to the background of metabolic diversity across the bacterial domain, the composition and architecture of the bacterial replisome seem to have suffered few changes during evolution. This immutability underlines the replisome’s efficiency in copying the genome. It also highlights the success of various strategies inherent to the replisome for responding to stress and avoiding problems during critical stages of DNA synthesis. Here we summarize current understanding of bacterial replisome architecture and highlight the known variations in different bacterial taxa. We then look at the mechanisms in place to ensure that the bacterial replisome is assembled appropriately on DNA, kept together during elongation, and disassembled upon termination. We put forward the idea that the architecture of the replisome may be more flexible that previously thought and speculate on elements of the replisome that maintain its stability to ensure a safe journey from origin to terminus.
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Repair on the go: E. coli maintains a high proliferation rate while repairing a chronic DNA double-strand break. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110784. [PMID: 25353327 PMCID: PMC4213011 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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DNA damage checkpoints exist to promote cell survival and the faithful inheritance of genetic information. It is thought that one function of such checkpoints is to ensure that cell division does not occur before DNA damage is repaired. However, in unicellular organisms, rapid cell multiplication confers a powerful selective advantage, leading to a dilemma. Is the activation of a DNA damage checkpoint compatible with rapid cell multiplication? By uncoupling the initiation of DNA replication from cell division, the Escherichia coli cell cycle offers a solution to this dilemma. Here, we show that a DNA double-strand break, which occurs once per replication cycle, induces the SOS response. This SOS induction is needed for cell survival due to a requirement for an elevated level of expression of the RecA protein. Cell division is delayed, leading to an increase in average cell length but with no detectable consequence on mutagenesis and little effect on growth rate and viability. The increase in cell length caused by chronic DNA double-strand break repair comprises three components: two types of increase in the unit cell size, one independent of SfiA and SlmA, the other dependent of the presence of SfiA and the absence of SlmA, and a filamentation component that is dependent on the presence of either SfiA or SlmA. These results imply that chronic checkpoint induction in E. coli is compatible with rapid cell multiplication. Therefore, under conditions of chronic low-level DNA damage, the SOS checkpoint operates seamlessly in a cell cycle where the initiation of DNA replication is uncoupled from cell division.
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Morigen M, Flåtten I, Skarstad K. The Escherichia coli datA site promotes proper regulation of cell division. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2014; 160:703-710. [PMID: 24574433 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.074898-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In Escherichia coli inhibition of replication leads to a block of cell division. This checkpoint mechanism ensures that no cell divides without having two complete copies of the genome to pass on to the two daughter cells. The chromosomal datA site is a 1 kb region that contains binding sites for the DnaA replication initiator protein, and which contributes to the inactivation of DnaA. An excess of datA sites provided on plasmids has been found to lead to both a delay in initiation of replication and in cell division during exponential growth. Here we have investigated the effect of datA on the cell division block that occurs upon inhibition of replication initiation in a dnaC2 mutant. We found that this checkpoint mechanism was aided by the presence of datA. In cells where datA was deleted or an excess of DnaA was provided, cell division occurred in the absence of replication and anucleate cells were formed. This finding indicates that loss of datA and/or excess of DnaA protein promote cell division. This conclusion was supported by the finding that the lethality of the division-compromised mutants ftsZ84 and ftsI23 was suppressed by deletion of datA, at the lowest non-permissive temperature. We propose that the cell division block that occurs upon inhibition of DNA replication is, at least in part, due to a drop in the concentration of the ATP-DnaA protein.
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- Morigen Morigen
- College of Life Sciences, Inner Mongolia University, Da Xue Xi Lu 235, Hohhot, 010021, PR China.,Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo 0310, Norway
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo 0310, Norway
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- Department of Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo 0310, Norway
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Kono N, Arakawa K, Tomita M. Validation of bacterial replication termination models using simulation of genomic mutations. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34526. [PMID: 22509315 PMCID: PMC3317982 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In bacterial circular chromosomes and most plasmids, the replication is known to be terminated when either of the following occurs: the forks progressing in opposite directions meet at the distal end of the chromosome or the replication forks become trapped by Tus proteins bound to Ter sites. Most bacterial genomes have various polarities in their genomic structures. The most notable feature is polar genomic compositional asymmetry of the bases G and C in the leading and lagging strands, called GC skew. This asymmetry is caused by replication-associated mutation bias, and this “footprint" of the replication machinery suggests that, in contrast to the two known mechanisms, replication termination occurs near the chromosome dimer resolution site dif. To understand this difference between the known replication machinery and genomic compositional bias, we undertook a simulation study of genomic mutations, and we report here how different replication termination models contribute to the generation of replication-related genomic compositional asymmetry. Contrary to naive expectations, our results show that a single finite termination site at dif or at the GC skew shift point is not sufficient to reconstruct the genomic compositional bias as observed in published sequences. The results also show that the known replication mechanisms are sufficient to explain the position of the GC skew shift point.
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- Nobuaki Kono
- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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Saifi B, Ferat JL. Replication fork reactivation in a dnaC2 mutant at non-permissive temperature in Escherichia coli. PLoS One 2012; 7:e33613. [PMID: 22442702 PMCID: PMC3308344 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Replicative helicases unwind double-stranded DNA in front of the polymerase and ensure the processivity of DNA synthesis. In Escherichia coli, the helicase loader DnaC as well as factors involved in the formation of the open complex during the initiation of replication and primosomal proteins during the reactivation of arrested replication forks are required to recruit and deposit the replicative helicase onto single-stranded DNA prior to the formation of the replisome. dnaC2 is a thermosensitive allele of the gene specifying the helicase loader; at non-permissive temperature replication cannot initiate, but most ongoing rounds of replication continues through to completion (18% of dnaC2 cells fail to complete replication at non-permissive temperature). An assumption, which may be drawn from this observation, is that only a few replication forks are arrested under normal growth conditions. This assumption, however, is at odds with the severe and deleterious phenotypes associated with a null mutant of priA, the gene encoding a helicase implicated in the reactivation of arrested replication forks. We developed an assay that involves an abrupt inactivation of rounds of synchronized replication in a large population of cells, in order to evaluate the ability of dnaC2 cells to reactivate arrested replication forks at non-permissive temperature. We compared the rate at which arrested replication forks accumulated in dnaC2 priA+ and dnaC2 priA2 cells and observed that this rate was lower in dnaC2 priA+ cells. We conclude that while replication cannot initiate in a dnaC2 mutant at non-permissive temperature, a class of arrested replication forks (PriA-dependent and DnaC-independent) are reactivated within these cells.
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- Boubekeur Saifi
- Centre de Genetique Moleculaire du CNRS, Gif Sur Yvette, France
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- Centre de Genetique Moleculaire du CNRS, Gif Sur Yvette, France
- Universite de Versailles Saint Quentin, Versailles, France
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Pomerantz RT, O'Donnell M. What happens when replication and transcription complexes collide? Cell Cycle 2011; 9:2537-43. [PMID: 20581460 DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.13.12122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The arrest of replication forks due to collisions with transcription complexes leads to genomic instability and cell death. Mechanisms that promote the progression of replication forks past transcription complexes are therefore essential for propagation and preservation of the genome. Recent studies of E. coli directly investigate the consequences of collisions of the replisome with RNAP polymerase (RNAP) in vitro and provide novel mechanisms by which these encounters may be resolved. Additionally, recent in vivo and in vitro studies support the longstanding hypothesis that auxiliary DNA helicases promote replication through roadblocks such as transcription complexes. Here we review past and recent advances that formulate our current understanding of how the bacterial replisome deals with transcription complexes along the path of chromosome duplication.
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- Richard T Pomerantz
- The Rockefeller University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, USA
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Replication and segregation of an Escherichia coli chromosome with two replication origins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:E243-50. [PMID: 21670292 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100874108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Characterized bacteria, unlike eukaryotes and some archaea, initiate replication bidirectionally from a single replication origin contained within a circular or linear chromosome. We constructed Escherichia coli cells with two WT origins separated by 1 Mb in their 4.64-Mb chromosome. Productive bidirectional replication initiated synchronously at both spatially separate origins. Newly replicated DNA from both origins was segregated sequentially as replication progressed, with two temporally and spatially separate replication termination events. Replication initiation occurred at a cell volume identical to that of cells with a single WT origin, showing that initiation control is independent of cellular and chromosomal oriC concentration. Cells containing just the ectopic origin initiated bidirectional replication at the expected cell mass and at the normal cellular location of that region. In all strains, spatial separation of sister loci adjacent to active origins occurred shortly after their replication, independently of whether replication initiated at the normal origin, the ectopic origin, or both origins.
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Atkinson J, Gupta MK, Rudolph CJ, Bell H, Lloyd RG, McGlynn P. Localization of an accessory helicase at the replisome is critical in sustaining efficient genome duplication. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 39:949-57. [PMID: 20923786 PMCID: PMC3035471 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Genome duplication requires accessory helicases to displace proteins ahead of advancing replication forks. Escherichia coli contains three helicases, Rep, UvrD and DinG, that might promote replication of protein-bound DNA. One of these helicases, Rep, also interacts with the replicative helicase DnaB. We demonstrate that Rep is the only putative accessory helicase whose absence results in an increased chromosome duplication time. We show also that the interaction between Rep and DnaB is required for Rep to maintain rapid genome duplication. Furthermore, this Rep-DnaB interaction is critical in minimizing the need for both recombinational processing of blocked replication forks and replisome reassembly, indicating that colocalization of Rep and DnaB minimizes stalling and subsequent inactivation of replication forks. These data indicate that E. coli contains only one helicase that acts as an accessory motor at the fork in wild-type cells, that such an activity is critical for the maintenance of rapid genome duplication and that colocalization with the replisome is crucial for this function. Given that the only other characterized accessory motor, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rrm3p, associates physically with the replisome, our demonstration of the functional importance of such an association indicates that colocalization may be a conserved feature of accessory replicative motors.
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- John Atkinson
- School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
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Independent segregation of the two arms of the Escherichia coli ori region requires neither RNA synthesis nor MreB dynamics. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:6143-53. [PMID: 20889756 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00861-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The mechanism of Escherichia coli chromosome segregation remains elusive. We present results on the simultaneous tracking of segregation of multiple loci in the ori region of the chromosome in cells growing under conditions in which a single round of replication is initiated and completed in the same generation. Loci segregated as expected for progressive replication-segregation from oriC, with markers placed symmetrically on either side of oriC segregating to opposite cell halves at the same time, showing that sister locus cohesion in the origin region is local rather than extensive. We were unable to observe any influence on segregation of the proposed centromeric site, migS, or indeed any other potential cis-acting element on either replication arm (replichore) in the AB1157 genetic background. Site-specific inhibition of replication close to oriC on one replichore did not prevent segregation of loci on the other replichore. Inhibition of RNA synthesis and inhibition of the dynamic polymerization of the actin homolog MreB did not affect ori and bulk chromosome segregation.
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Atkinson J, McGlynn P. Replication fork reversal and the maintenance of genome stability. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:3475-92. [PMID: 19406929 PMCID: PMC2699526 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The progress of replication forks is often threatened in vivo, both by DNA damage and by proteins bound to the template. Blocked forks must somehow be restarted, and the original blockage cleared, in order to complete genome duplication, implying that blocked fork processing may be critical for genome stability. One possible pathway that might allow processing and restart of blocked forks, replication fork reversal, involves the unwinding of blocked forks to form four-stranded structures resembling Holliday junctions. This concept has gained increasing popularity recently based on the ability of such processing to explain many genetic observations, the detection of unwound fork structures in vivo and the identification of enzymes that have the capacity to catalyse fork regression in vitro. Here, we discuss the contexts in which fork regression might occur, the factors that may promote such a reaction and the possible roles of replication fork unwinding in normal DNA metabolism.
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- John Atkinson
- School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
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Ferullo DJ, Cooper DL, Moore HR, Lovett ST. Cell cycle synchronization of Escherichia coli using the stringent response, with fluorescence labeling assays for DNA content and replication. Methods 2009; 48:8-13. [PMID: 19245839 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2009.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Accepted: 02/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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We describe a method for synchronization of the cell cycle in the bacterium Escherichia coli. Treatment of asynchronous cultures with the amino acid analog, dl-serine hydroxamate, induces the stringent response, with concomitant arrest of DNA replication at initiation. Following release of the stringent response, cells initiate DNA replication in synchrony, as determined by flow cytometry for DNA content, Southern blotting and microscopy. This method has the advantage that it can be used in fully wild-type cells, at different growth rates, and may be applicable to other bacterial species with replication control by the stringent response. We also elaborate other methods useful for establishing cell cycle parameters in bacterial populations. We describe flow cytometric methods for analyzing bacterial populations for DNA content using the DNA-specific dye PicoGreen, readily detected by most commercial flow cytometers. We also present an method for incorporation of the nucleotide ethynyl-deoxyuridine, EdU, followed by "click" labeling with fluorescent dyes, which allows us to measure and visualize newly replicated DNA in fixed E. coli K-12 cells under non-denaturing conditions.
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- Daniel J Ferullo
- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, USA
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Many bacterial cellular processes interact intimately with the chromosome. Such interplay is the major driving force of genome structure or organization. Interactions take place at different scales-local for gene expression, global for replication-and lead to the differentiation of the chromosome into organizational units such as operons, replichores, or macrodomains. These processes are intermingled in the cell and create complex higher-level organizational features that are adaptive because they favor the interplay between the processes. The surprising result of selection for genome organization is that gene repertoires change much more quickly than chromosomal structure. Comparative genomics and experimental genomic manipulations are untangling the different cellular and evolutionary mechanisms causing such resilience to change. Since organization results from cellular processes, a better understanding of chromosome organization will help unravel the underlying cellular processes and their diversity.
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- Eduardo P C Rocha
- Institut Pasteur, Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, F-75015 Paris, France.
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Wang X, Reyes-Lamothe R, Sherratt DJ. Modulation of Escherichia coli sister chromosome cohesion by topoisomerase IV. Genes Dev 2008; 22:2426-33. [PMID: 18765793 DOI: 10.1101/gad.487508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A body of evidence supports the idea that newly replicated Escherichia coli chromosomes segregate progressively as replication progresses, with spatial separation of sister genetic loci occurring approximately 15 min after their replication. We show that the time of this cohesion can be modulated by topoisomerase IV (TopoIV) activity. Impairment of TopoIV prevents segregation of newly replicated sister loci and bulk chromosome segregation, whereas modest increases in TopoIV decrease the cohesion time substantially. Therefore, we propose that precatenanes, which form as replication progresses by interwinding of newly replicated sister chromosomes, are responsible for E. coli sister chromosome cohesion.
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- Xindan Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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Duggin IG, Wake RG, Bell SD, Hill TM. The replication fork trap and termination of chromosome replication. Mol Microbiol 2008; 70:1323-33. [PMID: 19019156 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06500.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bacteria that have a circular chromosome with a bidirectional DNA replication origin are thought to utilize a 'replication fork trap' to control termination of replication. The fork trap is an arrangement of replication pause sites that ensures that the two replication forks fuse within the terminus region of the chromosome, approximately opposite the origin on the circular map. However, the biological significance of the replication fork trap has been mysterious, as its inactivation has no obvious consequence. Here we review the research that led to the replication fork trap theory, and we aim to integrate several recent findings that contribute towards an understanding of the physiological roles of the replication fork trap. Likely roles include the prevention of over-replication, and the optimization of post-replicative mechanisms of chromosome segregation, such as that involving FtsK in Escherichia coli.
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- Iain G Duggin
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.
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DnaC inactivation in Escherichia coli K-12 induces the SOS response and expression of nucleotide biosynthesis genes. PLoS One 2008; 3:e2984. [PMID: 18714349 PMCID: PMC2500167 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Initiation of chromosome replication in E. coli requires the DnaA and DnaC proteins and conditionally-lethal dnaA and dnaC mutants are often used to synchronize cell populations. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS DNA microarrays were used to measure mRNA steady-state levels in initiation-deficient dnaA46 and dnaC2 bacteria at permissive and non-permissive temperatures and their expression profiles were compared to MG1655 wildtype cells. For both mutants there was altered expression of genes involved in nucleotide biosynthesis at the non-permissive temperature. Transcription of the dnaA and dnaC genes was increased at the non-permissive temperature in the respective mutant strains indicating auto-regulation of both genes. Induction of the SOS regulon was observed in dnaC2 cells at 38 degrees C and 42 degrees C. Flow cytometric analysis revealed that dnaC2 mutant cells at non-permissive temperature had completed the early stages of chromosome replication initiation. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE We suggest that in dnaC2 cells the SOS response is triggered by persistent open-complex formation at oriC and/or by arrested forks that require DnaC for replication restart.
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Reyes-Lamothe R, Possoz C, Danilova O, Sherratt DJ. Independent positioning and action of Escherichia coli replisomes in live cells. Cell 2008; 133:90-102. [PMID: 18394992 PMCID: PMC2288635 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2007] [Revised: 12/20/2007] [Accepted: 01/31/2008] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A prevalent view of DNA replication has been that it is carried out in fixed “replication factories.” By tracking the progression of sister replication forks with respect to genetic loci in live Escherichia coli, we show that at initiation replisomes assemble at replication origins irrespective of where the origins are positioned within the cell. Sister replisomes separate and move to opposite cell halves shortly after initiation, migrating outwards as replication proceeds and both returning to midcell as replication termination approaches. DNA polymerase is maintained at stalled replication forks, and over short intervals of time replisomes are more dynamic than genetic loci. The data are inconsistent with models in which replisomes associated with sister forks act within a fixed replication factory. We conclude that independent replication forks follow the path of the compacted chromosomal DNA, with no structure other than DNA anchoring the replisome to any particular cellular region.
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Orthologs of RecG and RuvABC are highly conserved among prokaryotes; in Escherichia coli, they participate in independent pathways that branch migrate Holliday junctions during recombinational DNA repair. RecG also has been shown to directly convert stalled replication forks into Holliday junctions. The bacterium Helicobacter pylori, with remarkably high levels of recombination, possesses RecG and RuvABC homologs, but in contrast to E. coli, H. pylori RecG limits recombinational repair. We now show that the RuvABC pathway plays the prominent, if not exclusive, repair role. By introducing an E. coli resolvase (RusA) into H. pylori, the repair and recombination phenotypes of the ruvB mutant but not the recG mutant were improved. Our results indicate that RecG and RuvB compete for Holliday junction structures in recombinational repair, but since a classic RecG resolvase is absent from H. pylori, deployment of the RecG pathway is lethal. We propose that evolutionary loss of the H. pylori RecG resolvase provides an "antirepair" pathway allowing for selection of varied strains. Such competition between repair and antirepair provides a novel mechanism to maximize fitness at a bacterial population level.
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Li Y, Kurokawa K, Reutimann L, Mizumura H, Matsuo M, Sekimizu K. DnaB and DnaI temperature-sensitive mutants of Staphylococcus aureus: evidence for involvement of DnaB and DnaI in synchrony regulation of chromosome replication. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2007; 153:3370-3379. [PMID: 17906136 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/009001-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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DnaB and DnaI proteins conserved in low-GC content Gram-positive bacteria are apparently involved in helicase loading at the replication initiation site and during the restarting of stalled replication forks. In this study, we found five novel dnaB mutants and three novel dnaI mutants by screening 750 temperature-sensitive Gram-positive Staphylococcus aureus mutants. All of the mutants had a single amino acid substitution in either DnaB or DnaI that controlled temperature-sensitive growth, as confirmed by transduction experiments using phage 80alpha. DNA synthesis as measured by [(3)H]thymine incorporation, origin-to-terminus ratios and flow cytometric analysis revealed that the dnaB and dnaI mutants were unable to initiate DNA replication at restrictive temperatures, which is similar to previous findings in Bacillus subtilis. Furthermore, some of the mutants were found to exhibit asynchrony in the initiation of DNA replication. Also, a fraction of the dnaI mutant cells showed arrested replication, and the dnaI mutant tested was sensitive to mitomycin C, which causes DNA lesions. These results suggest that DnaB and DnaI are required not only for replication initiation and but also for regulation of its synchrony, and they provide support for the involvement of DnaI activity in the restart of arrested replication forks in vivo.
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- Yan Li
- Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Accurate and complete replication of the genome in every cell division is a prerequisite of genomic stability. Thus, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic replication forks are extremely precise and robust molecular machines that have evolved to be up to the task. However, it has recently become clear that the replication fork is more of a hurdler than a runner: it must overcome various obstacles present on its way. Such obstacles can be called natural impediments to DNA replication, as opposed to external and genetic factors. Natural impediments to DNA replication are particular DNA binding proteins, unusual secondary structures in DNA, and transcription complexes that occasionally (in eukaryotes) or constantly (in prokaryotes) operate on replicating templates. This review describes the mechanisms and consequences of replication stalling at various natural impediments, with an emphasis on the role of replication stalling in genomic instability.
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- Ekaterina V. Mirkin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607
- Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155. Phone: (617) 627-4794. Fax: (617) 627-3805. E-mail:
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Kang J, Blaser MJ. Bacterial populations as perfect gases: genomic integrity and diversification tensions in Helicobacter pylori. Nat Rev Microbiol 2006; 4:826-36. [PMID: 17041630 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Microorganisms that persist in single hosts face particular challenges. Helicobacter pylori, an obligate bacterial parasite of the human stomach, has evolved a lifestyle that features interstrain competition and intraspecies cooperation, both of which involve horizontal gene transfer. Microbial species must maintain genomic integrity, yet H. pylori has evolved a complex nonlinear system for diversification that exists in dynamic tension with the mechanisms for ensuring fidelity. Here, we review these tensions and propose that they create a dynamic pool of genetic variants that is sufficiently genetically diverse to allow H. pylori to occupy all of the potential niches in the stomach.
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- Josephine Kang
- Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, 10016 USA
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Wang X, Liu X, Possoz C, Sherratt DJ. The two Escherichia coli chromosome arms locate to separate cell halves. Genes Dev 2006; 20:1727-31. [PMID: 16818605 PMCID: PMC1522069 DOI: 10.1101/gad.388406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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DNA replication divides the circular Escherichia coli chromosome into equal arms (replichores). Visualization of pairwise combinations of multiple genetic loci reveals that the two replichores occupy separate nucleoid halves, with the replication origin between; positions of loci on each replichore recapitulate the genetic map. Sequential replication-segregation regenerates the <left-right> structure by sequentially layering newly replicated replichore DNA to specific inner and outer edges of the developing sister nucleoids. Replication fork-dependent locus positions are imprinted, so that in most generations the <left-right> chromosome orientation in a mother cell is recreated as a <left-right-left-right> arrangement of sister chromosomes in daughter cells.
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- Xindan Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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Jeong KS, Xie Y, Hiasa H, Khodursky AB. Analysis of pleiotropic transcriptional profiles: a case study of DNA gyrase inhibition. PLoS Genet 2006; 2:e152. [PMID: 17009874 PMCID: PMC1584274 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2006] [Accepted: 08/02/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Genetic and environmental perturbations often result in complex transcriptional responses involving multiple genes and regulons. In order to understand the nature of a response, one has to account for the contribution of the downstream effects to the formation of a response. Such analysis can be carried out within a statistical framework in which the individual effects are independently collected and then combined within a linear model. Here, we modeled the contribution of DNA replication, supercoiling, and repair to the transcriptional response of inhibition of the Escherichia coli gyrase. By representing the gyrase inhibition as a true pleiotropic phenomenon, we were able to demonstrate that: (1) DNA replication is required for the formation of spatial transcriptional domains; (2) the transcriptional response to the gyrase inhibition is coordinated between at least two modules involved in DNA maintenance, relaxation and damage response; (3) the genes whose transcriptional response to the gyrase inhibition does not depend on the main relaxation activity of the cell can be classified on the basis of a GC excess in their upstream and coding sequences; and (4) relaxation by topoisomerase I dominates the transcriptional response, followed by the effects of replication and RecA. We functionally tested the effect of the interaction between relaxation and repair activities, and found support for the model derived from the microarray data. We conclude that modeling compound transcriptional profiles as a combination of downstream transcriptional effects allows for a more realistic, accurate, and meaningful representation of the transcriptional activity of a genome. Pleiotropism—a movement, or reaction, in multiple directions: although it was initially used specifically to describe the effect of a single genetic mutation on multiple characters in the offspring, the transcriptional responses of cells are often best described in terms of pleiotropy, when a single input affects multiple components inside the cell. This, in turn, presents a dilemma with the analysis and interpretation of the observed effects: which effects are directly due to the input itself and which are not? How are the effects related to each other and which are more important? And finally, can the overall transcriptional response be summarized as a combination of the effects? There is, however, a problem with recording the effects when they occur almost simultaneously in the same organism. The authors approached this by recording the effects independently, using mutants that could generate all of the effects of interest but one, and then estimating the effects and their interactions from a multivariate linear model. The authors applied this method to explain the transcriptional response of Escherichia coli to a quinolone antibacterial, a relative of Cipro (ciprofloxacin hydrochloride), and discovered unexpected interactions between DNA maintenance modules in the cell.
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- Kyeong Soo Jeong
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Bacteriophages (prokaryotic viruses) are favourite model systems to study DNA replication in prokaryotes, and provide examples for every theoretically possible replication mechanism. In addition, the elucidation of the intricate interplay of phage-encoded replication factors with 'host' factors has always advanced the understanding of DNA replication in general. Here we review bacteriophage replication based on the long-standing observation that in most known phage genomes the replication genes are arranged as modules. This allows us to discuss established model systems--f1/fd, phiX174, P2, P4, lambda, SPP1, N15, phi29, T7 and T4--along with those numerous phages that have been sequenced but not studied experimentally. The review of bacteriophage replication mechanisms and modules is accompanied by a compendium of replication origins and replication/recombination proteins (available as supplementary material online).
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Couturier E, Rocha EPC. Replication-associated gene dosage effects shape the genomes of fast-growing bacteria but only for transcription and translation genes. Mol Microbiol 2006; 59:1506-18. [PMID: 16468991 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05046.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The bidirectional replication of bacterial genomes leads to transient gene dosage effects. Here, we show that such effects shape the chromosome organisation of fast-growing bacteria and that they correlate strongly with maximal growth rate. Surprisingly the predicted maximal number of replication rounds shows little if any phylogenetic inertia, suggesting that it is a very labile trait. Yet, a combination of theoretical and statistical analyses predicts that dozens of replication forks may be simultaneously present in the cells of certain species. This suggests a strikingly efficient management of the replication apparatus, of replication fork arrests and of chromosome segregation in such cells. Gene dosage effects strongly constrain the position of genes involved in translation and transcription, but not other highly expressed genes. The relative proximity of the former genes to the origin of replication follows the regulatory dependencies observed under exponential growth, as the bias is stronger for RNA polymerase, then rDNA, then ribosomal proteins and tDNA. Within tDNAs we find that only the positions of the previously proposed 'ubiquitous' tRNA, which translate the most frequent codons in highly expressed genes, show strong signs of selection for gene dosage effects. Finally, we provide evidence for selection acting upon genome organisation to take advantage of gene dosage effects by identifying a positive correlation between genome stability and the number of simultaneous replication rounds. We also show that gene dosage effects can explain the over-representation of highly expressed genes in the largest replichore of genomes containing more than one chromosome. Together, these results demonstrate that replication-associated gene dosage is an important determinant of chromosome organisation and dynamics, especially among fast-growing bacteria.
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- Etienne Couturier
- Atelier de Bioinformatique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 12, Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
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Klasson L, Andersson SGE. Strong asymmetric mutation bias in endosymbiont genomes coincide with loss of genes for replication restart pathways. Mol Biol Evol 2006; 23:1031-9. [PMID: 16476690 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A large majority of bacterial genomes show strand asymmetry, such that G and T preferentially accumulate on the leading strand. The mechanisms are unknown, but cytosine deaminations are thought to play an important role. Here, we have examined DNA strand asymmetry in three strains of the aphid endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola. These are phylogenetically related, have similar genomic GC contents, and conserved gene order structures, yet B. aphidicola (Bp) shows a fourfold higher replication-induced strand bias than B. aphidicola (Sg) and (Ap). We rule out an increase in the overall substitution frequency as the major cause of the stronger strand bias in B. aphidicola (Bp). Instead, the results suggest that the higher GC skew in this species is caused by a different spectrum of mutations, including a relatively higher frequency of C to T mutations on the leading strand and/or of G to A mutations on the lagging strand. A comparative analysis of 20 gamma-proteobacterial genomes revealed that endosymbiont genomes lacking recA and other genes involved in replication restart processes, such as priA, which codes for primosomal helicase PriA, displayed the strongest strand bias. We hypothesize that cytosine deaminations accumulate during single-strand exposure at arrested replication forks and that inefficient restart mechanisms may lead to high DNA strand asymmetry in bacterial genomes.
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- Lisa Klasson
- Department of Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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The processes of DNA replication and recombination are intertwined at many different levels. In diverse systems, extensive DNA replication can be triggered by genetic recombination, with assembly of a replication complex onto a D-loop recombination intermediate. This and related pathways of replisome assembly allow the completion of DNA replication when forks initiated at a conventional replication origin fail before completing replication of the genome. In addition, the repair of double-strand breaks or gaps by homologous recombination requires at least limited DNA replication to replace the missing information. An intricate interplay between replication and recombination is also evident during the termination of bacterial DNA replication and during the induction of the bacterial SOS response to DNA damage.
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- Kenneth N Kreuzer
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
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Soni R, Mehra P, Mukhopadhyay G, Kumar Dhar S. Helicobacter pylori DnaB helicase can bypass Escherichia coli DnaC function in vivo. Biochem J 2005; 389:541-8. [PMID: 15836434 PMCID: PMC1175132 DOI: 10.1042/bj20050062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In Escherichia coli, DnaC is essential for loading DnaB helicase at oriC (the origin of chromosomal DNA replication). The question arises as to whether this model can be generalized to other species, since many eubacterial species fail to possess dnaC in their genomes. Previously, we have reported the characterization of HpDnaB (Helicobacter pylori DnaB) both in vitro and in vivo. Interestingly, H. pylori does not have a DnaC homologue. Using two different E. coli dnaC (EcdnaC) temperature-sensitive mutant strains, we report here the complementation of EcDnaC function by HpDnaB in vivo. These observations strongly suggest that HpDnaB can bypass EcDnaC activity in vivo.
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- Rajesh K. Soni
- Special Centre For Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India
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- Special Centre For Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India
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- Special Centre For Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India
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- Special Centre For Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Heller RC, Marians KJ. Unwinding of the Nascent Lagging Strand by Rep and PriA Enables the Direct Restart of Stalled Replication Forks. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:34143-51. [PMID: 16079128 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m507224200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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During origin-independent replisome assembly, the replication restart protein PriC prefers to load the replication fork helicase, DnaB, to stalled replication forks where there is a gap in the nascent leading strand. However, this activity can be obstructed if the 5'-end of the nascent lagging strand is near the template branch point. Here we provide biochemical evidence that the helicase activities of Rep and PriA function to unwind the nascent lagging strand DNA at such stalled replication forks. PriC then loads the replicative helicase, DnaB, onto the newly generated, single-stranded template for the purposes of replisome assembly and duplex unwinding ahead of the replication fork. Direct rescue of replication forks by the Rep-PriC and PriA-PriC pathways in this manner may contribute to genomic stability by avoiding the potential dangers of fork breakage inherent to recombination-dependent restart pathways.
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- Ryan C Heller
- Programs in Molecular Biology, Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Cadman CJ, Lopper M, Moon PB, Keck JL, McGlynn P. PriB stimulates PriA helicase via an interaction with single-stranded DNA. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:39693-700. [PMID: 16188886 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m508521200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The frequency with which replication forks break down in all organisms requires that specific mechanisms ensure completion of genome duplication. In Escherichia coli a major pathway for reloading of the replicative apparatus at sites of fork breakdown is dependent on PriA helicase. PriA acts in conjunction with PriB and DnaT to effect loading of the replicative helicase DnaB back onto the lagging strand template, either at stalled fork structures or at recombination intermediates. Here we showed that PriB stimulates PriA helicase, acting to increase the apparent processivity of PriA. This stimulation correlates with the ability of PriB to form a ternary complex with PriA and DNA structures containing single-stranded DNA, suggesting that the known single-stranded DNA binding function of PriB facilitates unwinding by PriA helicase. This enhanced apparent processivity of PriA might play an important role in generating single-stranded DNA at stalled replication forks upon which to load DnaB. However, stimulation of PriA by PriB is not DNA structure-specific, demonstrating that targeting of stalled forks and recombination intermediates during replication restart likely resides with PriA alone.
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- Chris J Cadman
- School of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom
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Hope JC, Maftahi M, Freyer GA. A postsynaptic role for Rhp55/57 that is responsible for cell death in Deltarqh1 mutants following replication arrest in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Genetics 2005; 170:519-31. [PMID: 15802523 PMCID: PMC1450410 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.037598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Following replication arrest, multiple cellular responses are triggered to maintain genomic integrity. In fission yeast, the RecQ helicase, Rqh1, plays a critical role in this process. This is demonstrated in Deltarqh1 cells that, following treatment with hydroxyurea (HU), undergo an aberrant mitosis leading to cell death. Previous data suggest that Rqh1 functions with homologous recombination (HR) in recovery from replication arrest. We have found that loss of the HR genes rhp55(+) or rhp57(+), but not rhp51(+) or rhp54(+), suppresses the HU sensitivity of Deltarqh1 cells. Much of this suppression requires Rhp51 and Rhp54. In addition, this suppression is partially dependent on swi5(+). In budding yeast, overexpressing Rad51 (the Rhp51 homolog) minimized the need for Rad55/57 (Rhp55/57) in nucleoprotein filament formation. We overexpressed Rhp51 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and found that it greatly reduced the requirement for Rhp55/57 in recovery from DNA damage. However, overexpressing Rhp51 did not change the Deltarhp55 suppression of the HU sensitivity of Deltarqh1, supporting an Rhp55/57 function during HR independent of nucleoprotein filament formation. These results are consistent with Rqh1 playing a role late in HR following replication arrest and provide evidence for a postsynaptic function for Rhp55/57.
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- Justin C Hope
- Graduate Program in Anatomy and Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Harinarayanan R, Gowrishankar J. A dnaC mutation in Escherichia coli that affects copy number of ColE1-like plasmids and the PriA-PriB (but not Rep-PriC) pathway of chromosomal replication restart. Genetics 2004; 166:1165-76. [PMID: 15082538 PMCID: PMC1470795 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.166.3.1165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli nusG and rho mutants, which are defective in transcription termination, are killed following transformation with several ColE1-like plasmids that lack the plasmid-encoded copy-number regulator gene rom because of uncontrolled plasmid replication within the cells. In this study, a mutation [dnaC1331(A84T)] in the dnaC gene encoding the replicative helicase-loading protein was characterized as a suppressor of this plasmid-mediated lethality phenotype. The mutation also reduced the copy number of the plasmids in otherwise wild-type strains. In comparison with the isogenic dnaC(+) strain, the dnaC mutant was largely unaffected for (i) growth on rich or minimal medium, (ii) tolerance to UV irradiation, or (iii) survival in the absence of the PriA, RecA, or RecB proteins. However, it was moderately SOS-induced and was absolutely dependent on both the Rep helicase and the PriC protein for its viability. A dnaC1331(A84T) dam mutant, but not its mutH derivative, exhibited sensitivity to growth on rich medium, suggestive of a reduced capacity in the dnaC1331(A84T) strains to survive chromosomal double-strand breaks. We propose that DnaC-A84T is proficient in the assembly of replication forks for both initiation of chromosome replication (at oriC) and replication restart via the Rep-PriC pathway, but that it is specifically defective for replication restart via the PriA-PriB pathway (and consequently also for replication of the Rom(-) ColE1-like plasmids).
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- R Harinarayanan
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Recombination plays a crucial role in underpinning genome duplication, ensuring that replication blocks are removed or bypassed, and that the replication machinery is subsequently reloaded back onto the DNA. Recent studies have identified a surprising variety of ways in which damaged replication forks are repaired and have shown that the mechanism used depends on the nature of the original blocking lesion. Indeed, an emerging theme is that a single recombination enzyme or complex can perform highly varied tasks, depending on the context of the recombination reaction.
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- Peter McGlynn
- Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
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Nowosielska A, Calmann MA, Zdraveski Z, Essigmann JM, Marinus MG. Spontaneous and cisplatin-induced recombination in Escherichia coli. DNA Repair (Amst) 2004; 3:719-28. [PMID: 15177181 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2004.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2004] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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To measure cisplatin (cis-diaminodichloroplatinum(II))-induced recombination, we have used a qualitative intrachromosomal assay utilizing duplicate inactive lac operons containing non-overlapping deletions and selection for Lac+ recombinants. The two operons are separated by one Mb and conversion of one of them yields the Lac+ phenotype. Lac+ formation for both spontaneous and cisplatin-induced recombination requires the products of the recA, recBC, ruvA, ruvB, ruvC, priA and polA genes. Inactivation of the recF, recO, recR and recJ genes decreased cisplatin-induced, but not spontaneous, recombination. The dependence on PriA and RecBC suggests that recombination is induced following stalling or collapse of replication forks at DNA lesions to form double strand breaks. The lack of recombination induction by trans-DDP suggests that the recombinogenic lesions for cisplatin are purine-purine intrastrand crosslinks.
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- Anetta Nowosielska
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, LRB823 Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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Simmons LA, Breier AM, Cozzarelli NR, Kaguni JM. Hyperinitiation of DNA replication in Escherichia coli leads to replication fork collapse and inviability. Mol Microbiol 2004; 51:349-58. [PMID: 14756777 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03842.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Elevated dnaA expression from a multicopy plasmid induces more frequent initiation from the Escherichia coli replication origin, oriC, but viability is maintained. In comparison, chromosomally encoded dnaAcos also stimulates initiation, but this is lethal. By quantitative methods, we show that the level of initiation induced by elevated dnaA expression leads to collapsed replication forks that are mostly within 10 map units of oriC. Because forks collapse randomly, nucleoprotein complexes at specific sites such as datA are not the cause. When replication restart is blocked by a mutation in recB or priA, the increased initiations via elevated dnaA expression causes inviability. The amount of collapsed forks is substantially higher under elevated expression of dnaAcos compared to that of dnaA. We propose that the lethal phenotype of chromosomally encoded dnaAcos is a result of hyperinitiation that overwhelms the repair capacity of the cell.
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- Lyle A Simmons
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1319, USA
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Robu ME, Inman RB, Cox MM. Situational repair of replication forks: roles of RecG and RecA proteins. J Biol Chem 2003; 279:10973-81. [PMID: 14701860 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312184200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Replication forks often stall or collapse when they encounter a DNA lesion. Fork regression is part of several major paths to the repair of stalled forks, allowing nonmutagenic bypass of the lesion. We have shown previously that Escherichia coli RecA protein can promote extensive regression of a forked DNA substrate that mimics a possible structure of a replication fork stalled at a leading strand lesion. Using electron microscopy and gel electrophoresis, we demonstrate that another protein, E. coli RecG helicase, promotes extensive fork regression in the same system. The RecG-catalyzed fork regression is very efficient and faster than the RecA-promoted reaction (up to 240 bp s(-1)), despite very limited processivity of the RecG protein. The reaction is dependent upon ATP hydrolysis and is stimulated by single-stranded binding protein. The RecA- and RecG-promoted reactions are not synergistic. In fact, RecG functions poorly under the conditions optimal for the RecA reaction, and vice versa. When both RecA and RecG proteins are incubated with the DNA substrate, high RecG concentrations inhibit the RecA protein-promoted fork regression. The very different reaction profiles may reflect a situational application of these proteins to the rescue of stalled replication forks in vivo.
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- Mara E Robu
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1544, USA
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Løbner-Olesen A, Marinus MG, Hansen FG. Role of SeqA and Dam in Escherichia coli gene expression: a global/microarray analysis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:4672-7. [PMID: 12682301 PMCID: PMC153614 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0538053100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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High-density oligonucleotide arrays were used to monitor global transcription patterns in Escherichia coli with various levels of Dam and SeqA proteins. Cells lacking Dam methyltransferase showed a modest increase in transcription of the genes belonging to the SOS regulon. Bacteria devoid of the SeqA protein, which preferentially binds hemimethylated DNA, were found to have a transcriptional profile almost identical to WT bacteria overexpressing Dam methyltransferase. The latter two strains differed from WT in two ways. First, the origin proximal genes were transcribed with increased frequency due to increased gene dosage. Second, chromosomal domains of high transcriptional activity alternate with regions of low activity, and our results indicate that the activity in each domain is modulated in the same way by SeqA deficiency or Dam overproduction. We suggest that the methylation status of the cell is an important factor in forming and/or maintaining chromosome structure.
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- Anders Løbner-Olesen
- Department of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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McGlynn P, Lloyd RG. Recombinational repair and restart of damaged replication forks. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2002; 3:859-70. [PMID: 12415303 DOI: 10.1038/nrm951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 341] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Genome duplication necessarily involves the replication of imperfect DNA templates and, if left to their own devices, replication complexes regularly run into problems. The details of how cells overcome these replicative 'hiccups' are beginning to emerge, revealing a complex interplay between DNA replication, recombination and repair that ensures faithful passage of the genetic material from one generation to the next.
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- Peter McGlynn
- Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
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