PMID:9547270

Citation	Amundsen, SK, Taylor, AF and Smith, GR (1998) A stimulatory RNA associated with RecBCD enzyme. Nucleic Acids Res. 26:2125-31
Abstract	RecBCD enzyme acts in the major pathway of homologous recombination of linear DNA in Escherichia coli. The enzyme unwinds DNA and is an ATP-dependent double-strand and single-strand exonuclease and a single-strand endonuclease; it acts at Chi recombination hotspots (5'-GCTGGTGG-3') to produce a recombinogenic single-stranded DNA 3'-end. We found that a small RNA with a unique sequence of approximately 24 nt was tightly bound to RecBCD enzyme and co-purified with it. When added to native enzyme this RNA, but not four others, increased DNA unwinding and Chi nicking activities of the enzyme. In seven similarly active enzyme preparations the molar ratio of RNA molecules to RecBCD enzyme molecules ranged from 0.2 to <0.008. These results suggest that, although this unique RNA is not an essential enzyme subunit, it has a biological role in stimulating RecBCD enzyme activity.
Links	PubMed PMC147532
Keywords	DNA Helicases/isolation & purification; DNA Helicases/metabolism; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism; Exodeoxyribonuclease V; Exodeoxyribonucleases/isolation & purification; Exodeoxyribonucleases/metabolism; Nucleic Acid Conformation; RNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification; RNA, Bacterial/metabolism; Recombination, Genetic; Ribonucleoproteins/isolation & purification; Ribonucleoproteins/metabolism; Sequence Analysis, RNA
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