PMID:10762265
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Newman, G and Crooke, E (2000) DnaA, the initiator of Escherichia coli chromosomal replication, is located at the cell membrane. J. Bacteriol. 182:2604-10 |
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| Abstract |
Given the lack of a nucleus in prokaryotic cells, the significance of spatial organization in bacterial chromosome replication is only beginning to be fully appreciated. DnaA protein, the initiator of chromosomal replication in Escherichia coli, is purified as a soluble protein, and in vitro it efficiently initiates replication of minichromosomes in membrane-free DNA synthesis reactions. However, its conversion from a replicatively inactive to an active form in vitro occurs through its association with acidic phospholipids in a lipid bilayer. To determine whether the in situ residence of DnaA protein is cytoplasmic, membrane associated, or both, we examined the cellular location of DnaA using immunogold cryothin-section electron microscopy and immunofluorescence. Both of these methods revealed that DnaA is localized at the cell membrane, further suggesting that initiation of chromosomal replication in E. coli is a membrane-affiliated event. |
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Animals; Antibodies, Bacterial/immunology; Antibodies, Bacterial/isolation & purification; Antibody Specificity; Bacterial Proteins/immunology; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Cell Membrane/metabolism; Chromatography, Affinity; Chromosomes, Bacterial; Cryoultramicrotomy; DNA Replication; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/immunology; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli/ultrastructure; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; Immunoglobulin G/immunology; Immunoglobulin G/isolation & purification; Microscopy, Immunoelectron/methods; Rabbits; Replication Origin |
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