PMID:10488135
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Hildebrand, EL and Grossman, L (1999) Oligomerization of the UvrB nucleotide excision repair protein of Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 274:27885-90 |
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| Abstract |
A combination of hydrodynamic and cross-linking studies were used to investigate self-assembly of the Escherichia coli DNA repair protein UvrB. Though the procession of steps leading to incision of DNA at sites flanking damage requires that UvrB engage in an ordered series of complexes, successively with UvrA, DNA, and UvrC, the potential for self-association had not yet been reported. Gel permeation chromatography, nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and chemical cross-linking results combine to show that UvrB stably assembles as a dimer in solution at concentrations in the low micromolar range. Smaller populations of higher order oligomeric species are also observed. Unlike the dimerization of UvrA, an initial step promoted by ATP binding, the monomer-dimer equilibrium for UvrB is unaffected by the presence of ATP. The insensitivity of cross-linking efficiency to a 10-fold variation in salt concentration further suggests that UvrB self-assembly is driven largely by hydrophobic interactions. Self-assembly is significantly weakened by proteolytic removal of the carboxyl terminus of the protein (generating UvrB*), a domain also known to be required for the interaction with UvrC leading to the initial incision of damaged DNA. This suggests that the C terminus may be a multifunctional binding domain, with specificity regulated by protein conformation. |
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Bacterial Proteins/chemistry; Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Chromatography, Gel; Cross-Linking Reagents; DNA Helicases; DNA Repair; Dimethyl Suberimidate/pharmacology; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins; Molecular Weight |
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