Force and twist dependence of RepC nicking activity on torsionally-constrained DNA molecules.

Abstract:

:Many bacterial plasmids replicate by an asymmetric rolling-circle mechanism that requires sequence-specific recognition for initiation, nicking of one of the template DNA strands and unwinding of the duplex prior to subsequent leading strand DNA synthesis. Nicking is performed by a replication-initiation protein (Rep) that directly binds to the plasmid double-stranded origin and remains covalently bound to its substrate 5'-end via a phosphotyrosine linkage. It has been proposed that the inverted DNA sequences at the nick site form a cruciform structure that facilitates DNA cleavage. However, the role of Rep proteins in the formation of this cruciform and the implication for its nicking and religation functions is unclear. Here, we have used magnetic tweezers to directly measure the DNA nicking and religation activities of RepC, the replication initiator protein of plasmid pT181, in plasmid sized and torsionally-constrained linear DNA molecules. Nicking by RepC occurred only in negatively supercoiled DNA and was force- and twist-dependent. Comparison with a type IB topoisomerase in similar experiments highlighted a relatively inefficient religation activity of RepC. Based on the structural modeling of RepC and on our experimental evidence, we propose a model where RepC nicking activity is passive and dependent upon the supercoiling degree of the DNA substrate.

journal_name

Nucleic Acids Res

journal_title

Nucleic acids research

authors

Pastrana CL,Carrasco C,Akhtar P,Leuba SH,Khan SA,Moreno-Herrero F

doi

10.1093/nar/gkw689

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-10-14 00:00:00

pages

8885-8896

issue

18

eissn

0305-1048

issn

1362-4962

pii

gkw689

journal_volume

44

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