PMID:2676991
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Bakker, A and Smith, DW (1989) Methylation of GATC sites is required for precise timing between rounds of DNA replication in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 171:5738-42 |
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| Abstract |
We have used the Koppes and Nordstrøm (Cell 44:117-124, 1986) CsCl density transfer approach for analysis of DNA from exponentially growing, isogenic Escherichia coli dam+ and dam mutant cells to show that timing between DNA replication initiation events is precise in the dam+ cells but is essentially random in the dam cells. Thus, methylation of one or more GATC sites, such as those found in unusual abundance within the origin, oriC, is required for precise timing between rounds of DNA replication, and precise timing between initiation events is not required for cell viability. Both the dam-3 point mutant and the delta(dam)100 complete deletion mutant were examined. The results were independent of the mismatch repair system; E. coli mutH cells showed precise timing, whereas timing in the isogenic E. coli mutH delta(dam)100 double mutant was random. The mechanism is thus different from the role of Dam methylation in mismatch repair and probably involves conversion of hemimethylated GATC sites present in daughter origins just after initiation to a fully methylated state. |
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| Keywords |
DNA Replication; DNA, Bacterial/genetics; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins; Methylation; Methyltransferases/physiology; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; Site-Specific DNA-Methyltransferase (Adenine-Specific) |
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