The hexameric E. coli DnaB helicase can exist in different Quaternary states.

Abstract:

:The DnaB protein is the primary replicative helicase in Escherichia coli, and the active form of the protein is a hexamer. It has been reported that the protein forms a ring with strong 3-fold symmetry, which was suggested to be a trimer of dimers. We show that under different conditions, using either ATP, ATP gamma S, AMP-PNP or ADP as nucleotide cofactors, we always find two different forms of the DnaB ring; one with a 3-fold symmetry and one with 6-fold symmetry. We have used scanning transmission electron microscopy for mass analysis, and have found that both forms are hexamers, excluding the possibility that the 3-fold form is in fact a trimer of the 52 kDa monomer. We have also found rings that are in an intermediate state between these two. The existence of hexamers in discrete states shows that the transitions between these states must be cooperative. These observations suggest that there may be an equilibrium between two different conformations of the hexameric ring. The role of these two states in the mechanism of helicase action remains to be determined.

journal_name

J Mol Biol

authors

Yu X,Jezewska MJ,Bujalowski W,Egelman EH

doi

10.1006/jmbi.1996.0297

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-05-31 00:00:00

pages

7-14

issue

1

eissn

0022-2836

issn

1089-8638

pii

S0022283696902971

journal_volume

259

pub_type

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