PMID:15254271
| Citation |
Kulkarni, A and Julin, DA (2004) Specific inhibition of the E.coli RecBCD enzyme by Chi sequences in single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res. 32:3672-82 |
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| Abstract |
RecBCD is an ATP-dependent helicase and exonuclease which generates 3' single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) ends used by RecA for homologous recombination. The exonuclease activity is altered when RecBCD encounters a Chi sequence (5'-GCTGGTGG-3') in double-stranded DNA (ds DNA), an event critical to the generation of the 3'-ssDNA. This study tests the effect of ssDNA oligonucleotides having a Chi sequence (Ch+) or a single base change that abolishes the Chi sequence (Chi(o)), on the enzymatic activities of RecBCD. Our results show that a 14 and a 20mer with Chi+ in the center of the molecule inhibit the exonuclease and helicase activities of RecBCD to a greater extent than the corresponding Chi(o) oligonucleotides. Oligonucleotides with the Chi sequence at one end, or the Chi sequence alone in an 8mer, failed to show Chi-specific inhibition of RecBCD. Thus, Chi recognition requires that Chi be flanked by DNA at either end. Further experiments indicated that the oligonucleotides inhibit RecBCD from binding to its dsDNA substrate. These results suggest that a specific site for Chi recognition exists on RecBCD, which binds Chi with greater affinity than a non-Chi sequence and is probably adjacent to non-specific DNA binding sites. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC484166 Online version:10.1093/nar/gkh675 |
| Keywords |
Base Sequence; DNA/metabolism; DNA Helicases/metabolism; DNA, Single-Stranded/chemistry; DNA, Single-Stranded/pharmacology; Enzyme Inhibitors/chemistry; Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Exodeoxyribonuclease V/metabolism; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/chemistry; Oligodeoxyribonucleotides/pharmacology; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid |
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