RRC ID 29835
著者 Kogoma T, Subia NL, von Meyenburg K.
タイトル Function of ribonuclease H in initiation of DNA replication in Escherichia coli K-12.
ジャーナル Mol Gen Genet
Abstract Escherichia coli rnh mutants lacking ribonuclease H (RNase H) activity can tolerate deletion of the origin of DNA Replication (delta oriC) and transposon-insertional inactivation of an initiator gene (dnaA::Tn10). Introduction of the recA200 allele encoding a thermolabile RecA protein into rnh- dnaA::Tn10 and rnh- delta oriC mutants strains rendered DNA synthesis and colony formation of these mutants temperature sensitive. The temperature sensitivity and the broth sensitivity (Srm-) of the rnh- dnaA::Tn10 recA200 strain was suppressed by the presence of plasmids (pBR322 derivatives) carrying dnaA+ only when the intact oriC site was present on the chromosome. Lack of RNase H activity neither promoted replication of minichromosomes (pOC24 and p lambda asn20) in the absence of required DnaA+ protein nor inhibited dnaA+-dependent minichromosome replication. These results led to the conclusion that RNase H is not directly involved in the events leading to initiation of DNA replication at oriC. Rather, it functions as a specificity factor by eliminating certain forms of RNA-DNA hybrids which could otherwise be used to prime DNA replication at sites other than oriC.
巻・号 200(1)
ページ 103-9
公開日 1985-1-1
DOI 10.1007/BF00383320
PMID 2993805
MeSH Chromosome Deletion DNA Replication* DNA Restriction Enzymes Endoribonucleases / metabolism* Escherichia coli / enzymology* Escherichia coli / genetics Genotype Kinetics Mutation Plasmids Ribonuclease H Species Specificity Thermodynamics
引用数 40
WOS 分野 GENETICS & HEREDITY BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
リソース情報
原核生物(大腸菌) ME9199 ME9202 ME9204 ME9195 ME9235 ME9196 ME9198