Abstract:
:The ability to restart broken DNA replication forks is essential across all domains of life. In Escherichia coli, the priA, priB, priC, and dnaT genes encode the replication restart proteins (RRPs) to accomplish this task. PriA plays a critical role in replication restart such that its absence reveals a dramatic phenotype: poor growth, high basal levels of SOS expression, poorly partitioned nucleoids (Par-), UV sensitivity, and recombination deficiency (Rec-). PriA has 733 amino acids, and its structure is composed of six domains that enable it to bind to DNA replication fork-like structures, remodel the strands of DNA, interact with SSB (single-stranded DNA binding protein), PriB, and DnaT, and display ATPase, helicase, and translocase activities. We have characterized a new priA mutation called priA316::cat It is a composite mutation involving an insertion that truncates the protein within the winged-helix domain (at the 154th codon) and an ACG (Thr)-to-ATG (Met) mutation that allows reinitiation of translation at the 157th codon such that PriA is expressed in two pieces. priA316::cat phenotypes are like those of the wild type for growth, recombination, and UV resistance, revealing only a slightly increased level of SOS expression and defects in nucleoid partitioning in the mutant. Both parts of PriA are required for activity, and the N-terminal fragment can be optimized to yield wild-type activity. A deletion of the lon protease suppresses priA316::cat phenotypes. We hypothesize the two parts of PriA form a complex that supplies most of the PriA activity needed in the cell.IMPORTANCE PriA is a highly conserved multifunctional protein that plays a crucial role in the essential process of replication restart. Here we characterize an insertion mutation of priA with an intragenic suppressor such that it is now made in two parts. These two pieces split the winged-helix domain to separate the N-terminal 3' DNA-binding domain from the C-terminal domain of PriA. It is hypothesized that the two pieces form a complex that is capable of almost wild type priA function. The composite mutation leads to a moderate level of SOS expression and defects in partitioning of the chromosomes. Full function is restored by deletion of lon, suggesting that stability of this complex may be a reason for the partial phenotypes seen.
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J Bacterioljournal_title
Journal of bacteriologyauthors
Leroux M,Jani N,Sandler SJdoi
10.1128/JB.00267-17subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-08-08 00:00:00issue
17eissn
0021-9193issn
1098-5530pii
JB.00267-17journal_volume
199pub_type
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