Abstract:
:During conjugation, a single strand of DNA is cleaved at the origin of transfer (oriT) by the plasmid-encoded relaxase. This strand is then unwound from its complement and transferred in the 5'-to-3' direction, with the 3' end likely extended by rolling-circle replication. The resulting, newly synthesized oriT must then be cleaved as well, prior to recircularization of the strand in the recipient. Evidence is presented here that the R1162 relaxase contains only a single nucleophile capable of cleaving at oriT, with another molecule therefore required to cleave at a second site. An assay functionally isolating this second cleavage shows that this reaction can take place in the donor cell. As a result, there is a flux of strands with free 3' ends into the recipient. These ends are susceptible to degradation by exonuclease I. The degree of susceptibility is affected by the presence of an uncleaved oriT within the strand. A model is presented where these internal oriTs bind and trap the relaxase molecule covalently bound to the 5' end of the incoming strand. Such a mechanism would result in the preferential degradation of transferred DNA that had not been properly cleaved in the donor.
journal_name
J Bacterioljournal_title
Journal of bacteriologyauthors
Becker EC,Meyer Rdoi
10.1128/JB.00818-12subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-10-01 00:00:00pages
5368-76issue
19eissn
0021-9193issn
1098-5530pii
JB.00818-12journal_volume
194pub_type
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