Engstrom J, Wong A, Maurer R
Genetics. 1986 Jul;113(3):499-515. doi: 10.1093/genetics/113.3.499.
We show that temperature-sensitive mutations in dnaZ, the gene for the gamma subunit of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, can be suppressed by mutations in the dnaN gene, which encodes the beta subunit. These results support a direct physical interaction of these two subunits during polymerase assembly or function. The suppressor phenotype is also sensitive to modulation by the dnaA genotype. Since dnaA is organized in an operon with dnaN, and dnaA is a regulatory gene of this operon, we propose that the dnaA effect on suppression can best be explained by modulation of suppressor dnaN levels.
我们发现,DNA聚合酶III全酶γ亚基的编码基因dnaZ中的温度敏感突变可被编码β亚基的dnaN基因中的突变所抑制。这些结果支持了这两个亚基在聚合酶组装或功能过程中存在直接的物理相互作用。抑制子表型也对dnaA基因型的调节敏感。由于dnaA与dnaN位于同一个操纵子中,且dnaA是该操纵子的一个调控基因,我们提出,dnaA对抑制作用的影响最好通过调节抑制子dnaN的水平来解释。