Difference between active and inactive nucleotide cofactors in the effect of DNA binding and the helical structure of RecA filament
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 1999

The RecA protein requires ATP or dATP for its coprotease and strand exchange activities. Other natural nucleotides, such as ADP, CTP, GTP, UTP and TTP, have little or no activation effect on RecA for these activities. We have investigated the activation mechanism, and the selectivity for ATP, by studying the effect of various nucleotides on the DNA binding and the helical structure of the RecA filament. The interaction with DNA was investigated via fluorescence measurements with a fluorescent DNA analog and fluorescein-labeled oligonucleotides, assisted by linear dichroism. Filament structure was investigated via small-angle neutron scattering. There is no simple correlation between filament elongation, DNA binding affinity of RecA, and DNA structure in the RecA complex. There may be multiple conformations of RecA, Both coprotease and strand exchange activities require formation of a rigid and well organized complex. The triphosphate nucleotides which do not activate RecA, destabilize the RecA-DNA complex, indicating that the chemical nature of the nucleotide nucleobase is very important for the stability of RecA-DNA complex. Higher stability of the RecA-DNA complex in the presence of adenosine 5'-O-3-thiotriphosphate or guanosine 5'-O-3-thiotriphosphate than ATP or GTP indicates that contact between the protein and the chemical group at the gamma position of the nucleotide also affects the stability of the RecA-DNA complex. This contact appears also important for the rigid organization of DNA because ADP strongly decreases the rigidity of the complex.

DNA binding

homologous recombination

nucleotide cofactor

RecA filament

RecA protein

Författare

C. Ellouze

T. Selmane

Hye-Kyung Kim

Institutionen för fysikalisk kemi

Eimer Tuite

Institutionen för fysikalisk kemi

Bengt Nordén

Chalmers, Institutionen för kemi och biovetenskap

K. Mortensen

M. Takahashi

European Journal of Biochemistry

0014-2956 (ISSN)

Vol. 262 1 88-94

Styrkeområden

Nanovetenskap och nanoteknik

Energi

Livsvetenskaper och teknik (2010-2018)

Materialvetenskap

Ämneskategorier

Fysikalisk kemi

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

DOI

10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00357.x

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2017-10-07