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ArticleNucleic acids research2017

DNA flap creation by the RarA/MgsA protein of Escherichia coli.

Tyler H Stanage, Asher N Page, Michael M Cox

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Generation and Repair of Postreplication Gaps in Escherichia coli.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2023
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  11. Molecular insights into the prototypical single-stranded DNA-binding protein fromCritical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tyler H StanageDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1544, USA.
Asher N PageDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1544, USA.
Michael M CoxDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1544, USA.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF GENETIC RECOMBINATION/RECA PROTEINR01GM032335 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI COX, MICHAEL M. · 1985 to 2014
$6.8M
Mechanisms and applications of recombinational DNA repairU01GM032335 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI COX, MICHAEL M. · 2015 to 2018
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM032335NIGMS NIH HHS U01 GM032335
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We identify a novel activity of the RarA (also MgsA) protein of Escherichia coli, demonstrating that this protein functions at DNA ends to generate flaps. A AAA+ ATPase in the clamp loader clade, RarA protein is part of a highly conserved family of DNA metabolism proteins. We demonstrate that RarA binds to double-stranded DNA in its ATP-bound state and single-stranded DNA in its apo state. RarA ATPase activity is stimulated by single-stranded DNA gaps and double-stranded DNA ends. At these double-stranded DNA ends, RarA couples the energy of ATP binding and hydrolysis to separating the strands of duplex DNA, creating flaps. We hypothesize that the creation of a flap at the site of a leading strand discontinuity could, in principle, allow DnaB and the associated replisome to continue DNA synthesis without impediment, with leading strand re-priming by DnaG. Replication forks could thus be rescued in a manner that does not involve replisome disassembly or reassembly, albeit with loss of one of the two chromosomal products of a replication cycle.

Indexed as

Adenosine TriphosphatasesAdenosine TriphosphateAT Rich SequenceDNADNA, Single-StrandedEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsAdenosine TriphosphatasesAdenosine TriphosphateDNADNA, Single-StrandedEscherichia coli ProteinsMgsA protein, E coli

Identifiers

PMID28053120
PMCPMC5389604
OpenAlexW2570169479

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