scholarly journals The origin of replication, oriC, and the dnaA protein are dispensable in stable DNA replication (sdrA) mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Kogoma ◽  
K. von Meyenburg
1987 ◽  
Vol 169 (6) ◽  
pp. 2650-2658 ◽  
Author(s):  
K von Meyenburg ◽  
E Boye ◽  
K Skarstad ◽  
L Koppes ◽  
T Kogoma

1985 ◽  
Vol 163 (2) ◽  
pp. 439-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Kogoma ◽  
K Skarstad ◽  
E Boye ◽  
K von Meyenburg ◽  
H B Steen

Genetics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J Sandler ◽  
Hardeep S Samra ◽  
Alvin J Clark

Abstract First identified as an essential component of the ϕX174 in vitro DNA replication system, PriA has ATPase, helicase, translocase, and primosome-assembly activities. priA1::kan strains of Escherichia coli are sensitive to UV irradiation, deficient in homologous recombination following transduction, and filamentous. priA2::kan strains have eightfold higher levels of uninduced SOS expression than wild type. We show that (1) priA1::kan strains have eightfold higher levels of uninduced SOS expression, (2) priA2::kan strains are UVS and Rec−, (3) lexA3 suppresses the high basal levels of SOS expression of a priA2::kan strain, and (4) plasmid-encoded priA300 (K230R), a mutant allele retaining only the primosome-assembly activity of priA+, restores both UVR and Rec+ phenotypes to a priA2::kan strain. Finally, we have isolated 17 independent UVR Rec+ revertants of priA2::kan strains that carry extragenic suppressors. All 17 map in the C-terminal half of the dnaC gene. DnaC loads the DnaB helicase onto DNA as a prelude for primosome assembly and DNA replication. We conclude that priA's primosome-assembly activity is essential for DNA repair and recombination and that the dnaC suppressor mutations allow these processes to occur in the absence of priA.


1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Sandler ◽  
Kenneth J. Marians ◽  
Kenton H. Zavitz ◽  
Jaime Coutu ◽  
Michelle A. Parent ◽  
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