Rasooly A, Rasooly R S
Skirball Institute, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA.
J Bacteriol. 1997 Feb;179(4):1420-2. doi: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1420-1422.1997.
During replication of the plasmid pT181, the initiator protein RepC is modified by the addition of an oligodeoxynucleotide, giving rise to a new form, RepC*. Here we show that during in vitro replication, RepC* is radioactively labeled, suggesting that the source of the RepC* oligodeoxynucleotide is the newly synthesized pT181 DNA. The RepC/RepC* heterodimer retains its ability to bind the pT181 double-strand origin and, therefore, it may act as a competitive inhibitor of the RepC homodimer during replication.
在质粒pT181复制期间,起始蛋白RepC通过添加寡聚脱氧核苷酸进行修饰,产生一种新形式,即RepC*。在此我们表明,在体外复制过程中,RepC被放射性标记,这表明RepC寡聚脱氧核苷酸的来源是新合成的pT181 DNA。RepC/RepC*异二聚体保留了结合pT181双链起点的能力,因此,它可能在复制过程中作为RepC同二聚体的竞争性抑制剂发挥作用。