Boyle D S, Grant D, Draper G C, Donachie W D
Institute of Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
J Bacteriol. 2000 Jul;182(14):4124-7. doi: 10.1128/JB.182.14.4124-4127.2000.
Resolution of chromosome dimers, by site-specific recombination between dif sites, is carried out in Escherichia coli by XerCD recombinase in association with the FtsK protein. We show here that a variety of altered FtsK polypeptides, consisting of the N-terminal (cell division) domain alone or with deletions in the proline-glutamine-rich part of the protein, or polypeptides consisting of the C-terminal domain alone are all unable to carry out dif recombination. Alteration of the putative nucleotide-binding site also abolishes the ability of FtsK to carry out recombination between dif sites.
在大肠杆菌中,通过dif位点之间的位点特异性重组来解决染色体二聚体的问题,这是由XerCD重组酶与FtsK蛋白共同完成的。我们在此表明,多种改变的FtsK多肽,单独由N端(细胞分裂)结构域组成,或在蛋白质富含脯氨酸 - 谷氨酰胺的部分有缺失,或单独由C端结构域组成,都无法进行dif重组。假定的核苷酸结合位点的改变也消除了FtsK在dif位点之间进行重组的能力。