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ArticleScientific reports2016

Controlled rotation mechanism of DNA strand exchange by the Hin serine recombinase.

Botao Xiao, Meghan M McLean, Xianbin Lei, John F Marko, Reid C Johnson

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Botao XiaoSchool of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
Meghan M McLeanDepartment of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles CA 90095-1737.
Xianbin LeiSchool of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China.
John F MarkoDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60208.
Reid C JohnsonDepartment of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles CA 90095-1737.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

Spatio-Temporal Organization of Chromatin and Information Transfer in CancerU54CA193419 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI O'HALLORAN, THOMAS V · 2015 to 2020
$10.4M
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF SITE-SPECIFIC DNA RECOMBINATIONR01GM038509 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI JOHNSON, REID C · 1987 to 2018
$4.7M
Activities of nucleoprotein complexes visualized in single-molecule experimentsR01GM105847 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI MARKO, JOHN F · 2013 to 2025
$2.5M
NCI NIH HHS U54 CA193419NCI NIH HHS U54-CA193419NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM038509NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM105847NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM105847NIGMS NIH HHS R01-GM38509
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA strand exchange by serine recombinases has been proposed to occur by a large-scale rotation of halves of the recombinase tetramer. Here we provide the first direct physical evidence for the subunit rotation mechanism for the Hin serine invertase. Single-DNA looping assays using an activated mutant (Hin-H107Y) reveal specific synapses between two hix sites. Two-DNA "braiding" experiments, where separate DNA molecules carrying a single hix are interwound, show that Hin-H107Y cleaves both hix sites and mediates multi-step rotational relaxation of the interwinding. The variable numbers of rotations in the DNA braid experiments are in accord with data from bulk experiments that follow DNA topological changes accompanying recombination by the hyperactive enzyme. The relatively slow Hin rotation rates, combined with pauses, indicate considerable rotary friction between synapsed subunit pairs. A rotational pausing mechanism intrinsic to serine recombinases is likely to be crucial for DNA ligation and for preventing deleterious DNA rearrangements.

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Recombination, GeneticBacterial ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA NucleotidyltransferasesDNA, SuperhelicalFactor For Inversion Stimulation ProteinModels, ChemicalModels, GeneticModels, MolecularNucleic Acid ConformationPlasmidsPoint MutationProtein ConformationProtein SubunitsRecombinant ProteinsRotationBacterial ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA NucleotidyltransferasesDNA, SuperhelicalFactor For Inversion Stimulation ProteinHin recombinasehistone-like protein HU, bacteriaProtein SubunitsRecombinant Proteins

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PMID27032966
PMCPMC4817059
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