PMID:21856207

Citation	Kaguni, JM (2011) Replication initiation at the Escherichia coli chromosomal origin. Curr Opin Chem Biol 15:606-13
Abstract	To initiate DNA replication, DnaA recognizes and binds to specific sequences within the Escherichia coli chromosomal origin (oriC), and then unwinds a region within oriC. Next, DnaA interacts with DnaB helicase in loading the DnaB-DnaC complex on each separated strand. Primer formation by primase (DnaG) induces the dissociation of DnaC from DnaB, which involves the hydrolysis of ATP bound to DnaC. Recent evidence indicates that DnaC acts as a checkpoint in the transition from initiation to the elongation stage of DNA replication. Freed from DnaC, DnaB helicase unwinds the parental duplex DNA while interacting the cellular replicase, DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, and primase as it intermittently forms primers that are extended by the replicase in duplicating the chromosome.
Links	PubMed PMC3189269 Online version:10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.07.016
Keywords	Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Chromosomes, Bacterial/chemistry; Chromosomes, Bacterial/genetics; DNA Polymerase III/genetics; DNA Polymerase III/metabolism; DNA Primase/genetics; DNA Primase/metabolism; DNA Replication; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; DnaB Helicases/genetics; DnaB Helicases/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Hydrolysis; Kinetics; Protein Binding/genetics; Replication Origin/genetics
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