PMID:10543946
| Citation |
George, H, Mézard, C, Stasiak, A and West, SC (1999) Helicase-defective RuvB(D113E) promotes RuvAB-mediated branch migration in vitro. J. Mol. Biol. 293:505-19 |
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| Abstract |
In Escherichia coli, the RuvA and RuvB proteins interact at Holliday junctions to promote branch migration leading to the formation of heteroduplex DNA. RuvA provides junction-binding specificity and RuvB drives ATP-dependent branch migration. Since RuvB contains sequence motifs characteristic of a DNA helicase and RuvAB exhibit helicase activity in vitro, we have analysed the role of DNA unwinding in relation to branch migration. A mutant RuvB protein, RuvB(D113E), mutated in helicase motif II (the DExx box), has been purified to homogeneity. The mutant protein forms hexameric rings on DNA similar to those formed by wild-type protein and promotes branch migration in the presence of RuvA. However, RuvB(D113E) exhibits reduced ATPase activity and is severely compromised in its DNA helicase activity. Models for RuvAB-mediated branch migration that invoke only limited DNA unwinding activity are proposed. |
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PubMed Online version:10.1006/jmbi.1999.3187 |
| Keywords |
Adenosine Triphosphatases/chemistry; Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics; Adenosine Triphosphatases/isolation & purification; Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism; Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism; Amino Acid Motifs; Amino Acid Sequence; Amino Acid Substitution; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; DNA/chemistry; DNA/genetics; DNA/metabolism; DNA/ultrastructure; DNA Helicases/chemistry; DNA Helicases/genetics; DNA Helicases/isolation & purification; DNA Helicases/metabolism; DNA, Single-Stranded/chemistry; DNA, Single-Stranded/genetics; DNA, Single-Stranded/metabolism; DNA, Superhelical/chemistry; DNA, Superhelical/genetics; DNA, Superhelical/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins; Genes, Bacterial/genetics; Genes, Bacterial/physiology; Kinetics; Models, Genetic; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes/chemistry; Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes/genetics; Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes/metabolism; Phenotype; Recombination, Genetic/genetics; Ultraviolet Rays |
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