PMID:14633998

Citation	Ip, SC, Bregu, M, Barre, FX and Sherratt, DJ (2003) Decatenation of DNA circles by FtsK-dependent Xer site-specific recombination. EMBO J. 22:6399-407
Abstract	DNA replication results in interlinked (catenated) sister duplex molecules as a consequence of the intertwined helices that comprise duplex DNA. DNA topoisomerases play key roles in decatenation. We demonstrate a novel, efficient and directional decatenation process in vitro, which uses the combination of the Escherichia coli XerCD site-specific recombination system and a protein, FtsK, which facilitates simple synapsis of dif recombination sites during its translocation along DNA. We propose that the FtsK-XerCD recombination machinery, which converts chromosomal dimers to monomers, may also function in vivo in removing the final catenation links remaining upon completion of DNA replication.
Links	PubMed PMC291834 Online version:10.1093/emboj/cdg589
Keywords	Binding Sites; DNA Replication; DNA, Bacterial/chemistry; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism; DNA, Catenated/chemistry; DNA, Catenated/metabolism; Dimerization; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Integrases/chemistry; Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Models, Genetic; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Recombination, Genetic
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