Mechanic L E, Latta M E, Matson S W
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Protein Engineering and Molecular Genetics Training Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
J Bacteriol. 1999 Apr;181(8):2519-26. doi: 10.1128/JB.181.8.2519-2526.1999.
The role of the C terminus of Escherichia coli DNA helicase II (UvrD), a region outside the conserved helicase motifs, was investigated by using three mutants: UvrDDelta107C (deletion of the last 107 C-terminal amino acids), UvrDDelta102C, and UvrDDelta40C. This region, which lacks sequence similarity with other helicases, may function to tailor UvrD for its specific in vivo roles. Genetic complementation assays demonstrated that mutant proteins UvrDDelta107C and UvrDDelta102C failed to substitute for the wild-type protein in methyl-directed mismatch repair and nucleotide excision repair. UvrDDelta40C protein fully complemented the loss of helicase II in both repair pathways. UvrDDelta102C and UvrDDelta40C were purified to apparent homogeneity and characterized biochemically. UvrDDelta102C was unable to bind single-stranded DNA and exhibited a greatly reduced single-stranded DNA-stimulated ATPase activity in comparison to the wild-type protein (kcat = 0.01% of the wild-type level). UvrDDelta40C was slightly defective for DNA binding and was essentially indistinguishable from wild-type UvrD when single-stranded DNA-stimulated ATP hydrolysis and helicase activities were measured. These results suggest a role for a region near the C terminus of helicase II in binding to single-stranded DNA.
利用三个突变体研究了大肠杆菌DNA解旋酶II(UvrD)的C末端(保守解旋酶基序之外的区域)的作用:UvrDDelta107C(删除最后107个C末端氨基酸)、UvrDDelta102C和UvrDDelta40C。该区域与其他解旋酶缺乏序列相似性,可能使UvrD适应其特定的体内作用。遗传互补分析表明,突变蛋白UvrDDelta107C和UvrDDelta102C在甲基化导向的错配修复和核苷酸切除修复中无法替代野生型蛋白。UvrDDelta40C蛋白在两种修复途径中完全弥补了解旋酶II的缺失。UvrDDelta102C和UvrDDelta40C被纯化至表观均一,并进行了生化特性分析。与野生型蛋白相比,UvrDDelta102C无法结合单链DNA,且单链DNA刺激的ATP酶活性大幅降低(kcat =野生型水平的0.01%)。当测量单链DNA刺激的ATP水解和解旋酶活性时,UvrDDelta40C在DNA结合方面略有缺陷,与野生型UvrD基本无差异。这些结果表明解旋酶II的C末端附近区域在结合单链DNA方面发挥作用。