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ArticleNucleic acids research2023

The DNA replication initiation protein DnaD recognises a specific strand of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome origin.

Charles Winterhalter, Simone Pelliciari, Daniel Stevens, Stepan Fenyk, Elie Marchand, Nora B Cronin, Panos Soultanas, Tiago R D Costa, Aravindan Ilangovan, Heath Murray

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Charles WinterhalterCentre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-9673-1227
Simone PelliciariCentre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK.
Daniel StevensCentre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK.
Stepan FenykCentre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK.
Elie MarchandCentre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK.
Nora B CroninLonCEM, London Consortium for Cryo-EM, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
Panos SoultanasBiodiscovery Institute, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3578-5699
Tiago R D CostaCentre for Bacterial Resistance Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Aravindan IlangovanDepartment of Biochemistry, School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Heath MurrayCentre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6467-3656

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P018432/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R013357/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 204985/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 215164/Z/18/ZWellcome Trust 225811/Z/22/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome replication is a fundamental biological activity shared by all organisms. Chromosomal replication proceeds bidirectionally from origins, requiring the loading of two helicases, one for each replisome. However, the molecular mechanisms underpinning helicase loading at bacterial chromosome origins (oriC) are unclear. Here we investigated the essential DNA replication initiation protein DnaD in the model organism Bacillus subtilis. A set of DnaD residues required for ssDNA binding was identified, and photo-crosslinking revealed that this ssDNA binding region interacts preferentially with one strand of oriC. Biochemical and genetic data support the model that DnaD recognizes a new single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) motif located in oriC, the DnaD Recognition Element (DRE). Considered with single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) imaging of DnaD, we propose that the location of the DRE within oriC orchestrates strand-specific recruitment of helicase during DNA replication initiation. These findings significantly advance our mechanistic understanding of bidirectional replication from a bacterial chromosome origin.

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Bacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsChromosomes, BacterialCryoelectron MicroscopyDNA, BacterialDNA HelicasesDNA ReplicationReplication OriginBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialDNA-Binding ProteinsDnaD protein, Bacillus subtilisDNA Helicases

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PMID37093985
PMCPMC10201434

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