PMID:8384931
| Citation |
Dixon, DA and Kowalczykowski, SC (1993) The recombination hotspot chi is a regulatory sequence that acts by attenuating the nuclease activity of the E. coli RecBCD enzyme. Cell 73:87-96 |
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| Abstract |
The RecBCD enzyme is a multifunctional enzyme that is essential for homologous recombination in E. coli. In vitro, the RecBCD enzyme degrades linear double-stranded DNA nonspecifically during the process of unwinding the double-stranded DNA. Here we demonstrate that this DNA degradation is asymmetric, with the strand that is 3' terminal at the entry site of RecBCD enzyme being degraded much more vigorously than the 5' terminal strand. Furthermore, interaction with the recombination hotspot chi causes an attenuation of the nuclease activity but not of the helicase activity and is accompanied by a pause of RecBCD enzyme at the chi site. These results demonstrate that chi is a unique regulatory element that acts by controlling the degradative function of RecBCD enzyme and, thereby, enhancing its recombination function. |
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| Keywords |
DNA Helicases/metabolism; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Exodeoxyribonuclease V; Exodeoxyribonucleases/metabolism; Models, Genetic; Recombination, Genetic/genetics; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid |
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