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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2010

Origin remodeling and opening in bacteria rely on distinct assembly states of the DnaA initiator.

Karl E Duderstadt, Melissa L Mott, Nancy J Crisona, Kevin Chuang, Haw Yang, James M Berger

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Karl E DuderstadtBiophysics Graduate Group, California Institute for Quantitative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Melissa L Mott
Nancy J Crisona
Kevin Chuang
Haw Yang
James M Berger

Funding

MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS TRAINING GRANTT32GM008295 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI HURLEY, JAMES H, WEMMER, DAVID E · 1989 to 2022
$8.1M
Mechanistic Studies of Replication Initiation in ProkaryotesR37GM071747 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI James M. Berger · 2017 to 2026
$4.4M
Structure/Function Studies of DNA Replication InitiationR01GM071747 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI BERGER, JAMES M. · 2005 to 2016
$4.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM071747NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM071747NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008295
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The initiation of DNA replication requires the melting of chromosomal origins to provide a template for replisomal polymerases. In bacteria, the DnaA initiator plays a key role in this process, forming a large nucleoprotein complex that opens DNA through a complex and poorly understood mechanism. Using structure-guided mutagenesis, biochemical, and genetic approaches, we establish an unexpected link between the duplex DNA-binding domain of DnaA and the ability of the protein to both self-assemble and engage single-stranded DNA in an ATP-dependent manner. Intersubunit cross-talk between this domain and the DnaA ATPase region regulates this link and is required for both origin unwinding in vitro and initiator function in vivo. These findings indicate that DnaA utilizes at least two different oligomeric conformations for engaging single- and double-stranded DNA, and that these states play distinct roles in controlling the progression of initiation.

Indexed as

DNA ReplicationBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceDNA, BacterialDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedEscherichia coliModels, MolecularMutagenesisMutationPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein SubunitsSubstrate SpecificityBacterial ProteinsDnaA protein, BacteriaDNA, BacterialDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedProtein Subunits

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PMID20595381
PMCPMC2934688

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