ATP-dependent renaturation of DNA catalyzed by the recA protein of Escherichia coli.
Authors:
- G M WeinstockGWG M Weinstock
- K McEnteeKMK McEntee
- I R LehmanILI R Lehman
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 76 (1) , 126-130
Abstract
The product of the recA gene of Escherichia coli has been purified to near-homogeneity by a simple three-step procedure. Incubation of the recA protein with complementary single strands of DNA, Mg2+, and ATP results in the rapid formation of large DNA aggregates containing many branched structures. As judged by resistance to S1 nuclease and by electron microscopy, these aggregates contain both duplex and single-stranded regions. The renaturation and aggregation of DNA catalyzed by the recA protein is coupled to the hydrolysis of ATP. The recA protein purified from a cold-sensitive recA mutant does not catalyze DNA renaturation or aggregation at 28 degrees C, but does so at 37 degrees C, a finding which correlates with the recombination defect observed in vivo and indicates that this activity is an intrinsic function of the recA protein. These results suggest that the recA protein plays a specific role in strand transfer during recombination and possibly in postreplication repair of damaged DNA.Keywords
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