PMID:11254974
| Citation |
Skarstad, K, Torheim, N, Wold, S, Lurz, R, Messer, W, Fossum, S and Bach, T (2001) The Escherichia coli SeqA protein binds specifically to two sites in fully and hemimethylated oriC and has the capacity to inhibit DNA replication and affect chromosome topology. Biochimie 83:49-51 |
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| Abstract |
The SeqA protein was identified as a factor that prevents reinitiation of newly replicated, hemimethylated origins. SeqA also seems to inhibit initiation of fully methylated origins, thus contributing to the regulation of chromosomal replication. The SeqA protein was found to bind to two sites in the left part of the origin, near the AT-rich region where strand separation takes place during initiation of replication. The same binding sites seemed to be preferred irrespective of whether the origin was in the newly replicated (hemimethylated) state or not. In addition to binding specifically to groups of GATC sites, the SeqA protein was capable of interacting non-specifically with negatively supercoiled DNA, restraining the supercoils in a fashion similar to that seen with histone-like protein HU. The restraint of supercoils by SeqA was, in contrast to that of HU, cooperative. |
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| Keywords |
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Binding Sites; Chromosomes, Bacterial/chemistry; Chromosomes, Bacterial/genetics; DNA Methylation; DNA Replication; DNA, Bacterial/chemistry; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism; DNA, Superhelical/chemistry; DNA, Superhelical/genetics; DNA, Superhelical/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins; Protein Binding; Replication Origin/genetics; Transcription Factors |
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