Churchill J J, Anderson D G, Kowalczykowski S C
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, California 95616-8665 USA.
Genes Dev. 1999 Apr 1;13(7):901-11. doi: 10.1101/gad.13.7.901.
Double-strand DNA break repair and homologous recombination in Escherichia coli proceed by the RecBCD pathway, which is regulated by cis-acting elements known as chi sites. A crucial feature of this regulation is the RecBCD enzyme-directed loading of RecA protein specifically onto the 3'-terminal, chi-containing DNA strand. Here we show that RecBC enzyme (lacking the RecD subunit) loads RecA protein constitutively onto the 3'-terminal DNA strand, with no requirement for chi. This strand is preferentially utilized in homologous pairing reactions. We propose that RecA protein loading is a latent property of the RecBCD holoenzyme, which is normally blocked by the RecD subunit and is revealed following interaction with chi.
大肠杆菌中的双链DNA断裂修复和同源重组通过RecBCD途径进行,该途径受称为chi位点的顺式作用元件调控。这种调控的一个关键特征是RecBCD酶将RecA蛋白特异性加载到含chi的3'末端DNA链上。在这里,我们表明RecBC酶(缺乏RecD亚基)将RecA蛋白组成型地加载到3'末端DNA链上,而不需要chi。该链优先用于同源配对反应。我们提出,RecA蛋白加载是RecBCD全酶的一种潜在特性,通常被RecD亚基阻断,并在与chi相互作用后显现出来。