Mechanistic studies of the T4 DNA (gp41) replication helicase: Functional interactions of the C-terminal tails of the helicase subunits with the T4 (gp59) helicase loader protein

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作者
Delagoutte, E
von Hippel, PH [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oregon, Inst Mol Biol, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
[2] Univ Oregon, Dept Chem, Eugene, OR 97403 USA
关键词
DNA replication complexes; functional coupling; helicases; ATPase; dsDNA unwinding; ssDNA translocation;
D O I
10.1016/j.jmb.2005.01.036
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
We compare the activities of the wild-type (gp41WT) and mutant (gp41 Delta C20) forms of the bacteriophage T4 replication helicase. In the gp41 Delta C20 mutant the helicase subunits have been genetically truncated to remove the 20 residue C-terminal tail peptide domains present in the wildtype enzyme. Here, we examine the interactions of these helicase forms with the T4 gp59 helicase loader and the gp32 single-stranded DNA binding proteins, both of which are physically and functionally coupled with the helicase in the T4 DNA replication complex. We show that the wild-type and mutant forms of the helicase do not differ in their ability to assemble into dimers and hexamers, nor in their interactions with gp61 (the T4 primase). However they do differ in their gp59-stimulated unwinding activities and in their abilities to translocate along a ssDNA strand that has been coated with gp32. We demonstrate that functional coupling between gp59 and gp41 involves direct interactions between the C-terminal tail peptides of the helicase subunits and the loading protein, and measure the energetics and kinetics of these interactions. This work helps to define a gp41-gp59 assembly pathway that involves an initial interaction between the C-terminal tails of the helicases and the gp59 loader proteins, followed by a conformational change of the helicase subunits that exposes new interaction surfaces, which can then be trapped by the gp59 protein. Our results suggest that the gp41-gp59 complex is then poised to bind ssDNA portions of the replication fork. We suggest that one of the important functions of gp59 may be to aid in the exposure of the ssDNA binding sites of the helicase subunits, which are otherwise masked and regulated by interactions with the helicase carboxy-terminal tail peptides. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:257 / 275
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