Pansegrau W, Balzer D, Kruft V, Lurz R, Lanka E
Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Abteilung Schuster, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Sep;87(17):6555-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.87.17.6555.
During initiation of conjugative transfer of DNA containing the transfer origin (oriT) of the promiscuous plasmid RP4, the proteins TraI, TraJ, and TraH interact and assemble a specialized nucleoprotein complex (the relaxosome) at oriT. The structure can be visualized on electron micrographs. Site- and strand-specific nicking at the transfer origin in vitro is dependent on the proteins TraI and TraJ and on Mg2+ ions. Substrate specificity is directed exclusively towards the cognate transfer origin: the RP4-specified TraJ protein cannot recognize the closely related oriT of plasmid R751. After nicking, TraI protein remains attached to the 5'-terminal 2'-deoxycytidyl residue at the nic site [Pansegrau, W., Ziegelin, G. & Lanka, E. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 10637-10644]. Nicking and relaxosome formation require supercoiled DNA. Thus, a complicated structure involving multiple plasmid-specified proteins and a defined region of DNA must be formed at the transfer origin to prepare the plasmid for generating the single strand to be transferred.
在含有滥交质粒RP4转移起始点(oriT)的DNA进行接合转移起始过程中,TraI、TraJ和TraH蛋白相互作用,并在oriT处组装一个特殊的核蛋白复合体(松弛体)。该结构可在电子显微镜照片上观察到。体外转移起始点处的位点特异性和链特异性切口依赖于TraI和TraJ蛋白以及Mg2+离子。底物特异性仅针对同源转移起始点:RP4指定的TraJ蛋白无法识别质粒R751密切相关的oriT。切口后,TraI蛋白仍附着在切口位点的5'-末端2'-脱氧胞苷残基上[潘塞格劳,W.,齐格林,G. & 兰卡,E.(1990年)《生物化学杂志》265,10637 - 10644]。切口和松弛体形成需要超螺旋DNA。因此,必须在转移起始点形成一个涉及多种质粒指定蛋白和特定DNA区域的复杂结构,以便为质粒生成待转移的单链做好准备。