ESCHERICHIA-COLI SINGLE-STRANDED DNA-BINDING PROTEIN ALTERS THE STRUCTURE OF INTRAMOLECULAR TRIPLEXES IN PLASMIDS

被引:6
作者
KLYSIK, J
SHIMIZU, M
机构
[1] TEXAS A&M UNIV SYST,TEXAS MED CTR,INST BIOSCI & TECHNOL,HOUSTON,TX 77030
[2] UNIV ALABAMA,SCH DENT,BIRMINGHAM,AL 35294
关键词
TRIPLE-STRANDED DNA; SUPERCOILING; SSB PROTEIN; CHEMICAL PROBE; UNPAIRED BASE;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(93)80666-I
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The ability of the Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) to recognize structural features associated with intramolecular triplex formation in oligopurine . oligopyrimidine (pur . pyr) inserts in recombinant plasmids was evaluated. The SSB protein binds to supercoiled plasmids and causes a site-preferential increase in OsO4 reactivity of the pyrimidine strand involved in the formation of the Hy-3 isomer of the triplex structure. The E. coli RecA protein showed no reaction with triplexes in similar studies. This behavior is consistent with SSB-mediated unpairing of the H-DNA-forming region.
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页码:261 / 267
页数:7
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