The SbcCD nuclease of Escherichia coli is a structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) family protein that cleaves hairpin DNA

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作者
Connelly, JC [1 ]
Kirkham, LA [1 ]
Leach, DRF [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Inst Cell & Mol Biol, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Midlothian, Scotland
关键词
hairpin nuclease; palindromic DNA; Rad50-Mre11;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.95.14.7969
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Hairpin structures can inhibit DNA replication and are intermediates in certain recombination reactions. We have shown that the purified SbcCD protein of Escherichia coli cleaves a DNA hairpin. This cleavage does not require the presence of a free (3' or 5') DNA end and generates products with 3'-hydroxyl and 5'-phosphate termini. Electron microscopy of SbcCD has revealed the "head-rod-tail" structure predicted for the SMC (structural maintenance of chromosomes) family of proteins, of which SbcC is a member. This work provides evidence consistent with the proposal that SbcCD cleaves hairpin structures that halt the progress of the replication fork, allowing homologous recombination to restore DNA replication.
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页码:7969 / 7974
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