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Loth K, Largillière J, Coste F, Culard F, Landon C, Castaing B, Delmas AF, Paquet F. New protein-DNA complexes in archaea: a small monomeric protein induces a sharp V-turn DNA structure. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14253. [PMID: 31582767 PMCID: PMC6776556 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50211-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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MC1, a monomeric nucleoid-associated protein (NAP), is structurally unrelated to other DNA-binding proteins. The protein participates in the genome organization of several Euryarchaea species through an atypical compaction mechanism. It is also involved in DNA transcription and cellular division through unknown mechanisms. We determined the 3D solution structure of a new DNA-protein complex formed by MC1 and a strongly distorted 15 base pairs DNA. While the protein just needs to adapt its conformation slightly, the DNA undergoes a dramatic curvature (the first two bend angles of 55° and 70°, respectively) and an impressive torsional stress (dihedral angle of 106°) due to several kinks upon binding of MC1 to its concave side. Thus, it adopts a V-turn structure. For longer DNAs, MC1 stabilizes multiple V-turn conformations in a flexible and dynamic manner. The existence of such V-turn conformations of the MC1-DNA complexes leads us to propose two binding modes of the protein, as a bender (primary binding mode) and as a wrapper (secondary binding mode). Moreover, it opens up new opportunities for studying and understanding the repair, replication and transcription molecular machineries of Archaea.
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- Karine Loth
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR 4301, rue Charles Sadron, F-45071, Orléans, Cedex 2, France. .,UFR Collegium Sciences et Techniques, Université d'Orléans, rue de Chartres, 45100, Orléans, France.
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR 4301, rue Charles Sadron, F-45071, Orléans, Cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR 4301, rue Charles Sadron, F-45071, Orléans, Cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR 4301, rue Charles Sadron, F-45071, Orléans, Cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR 4301, rue Charles Sadron, F-45071, Orléans, Cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR 4301, rue Charles Sadron, F-45071, Orléans, Cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR 4301, rue Charles Sadron, F-45071, Orléans, Cedex 2, France
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- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR 4301, rue Charles Sadron, F-45071, Orléans, Cedex 2, France.
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Minegishi H, Kamekura M, Kitajima-Ihara T, Nakasone K, Echigo A, Shimane Y, Usami R, Itoh T, Ihara K. Gene orders in the upstream of 16S rRNA genes divide genera of the family Halobacteriaceae into two groups. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:188-195. [DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.031708-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In many prokaryotic species, 16S rRNA genes are present in multiple copies, and their sequences in general do not differ significantly owing to concerted evolution. At the time of writing, the genus Haloarcula of the family Halobacteriaceae comprises nine species with validly published names, all of which possess two to four highly heterogeneous 16S rRNA genes. Existence of multiple heterogeneous 16S rRNA genes makes it difficult to reconstruct a biological phylogenetic tree using their sequence data. If the orthologous gene is able to be discriminated from paralogous genes, a tree reconstructed from orthologous genes will reflect a simple biological phylogenetic relationship. At present, however, we have no means to distinguish the orthologous rRNA operon from paralogous ones in the members of the family Halobacteriaceae. In this study, we found that the dihydroorotate oxidase gene, pyrD, was present in the immediate upstream of one 16S rRNA gene in each of ten strains of the family Halobacteriaceae whose genome sequences have been determined, and the direction of the pyrD gene was opposite to that of the 16S rRNA genes. In two other strains whose genome sequences have been determined, the pyrD gene was present in far separated positions. We designed PCR primer sets to amplify DNA fragments encompassing a region from the conserved region of the pyrD gene to a conserved region of the tRNA-Ala gene or the 23S rRNA gene to determine the 16S rRNA gene sequences preceded by the pyrD gene, and to see if the pyrD gene is conserved in the immediate upstream of rRNA operon(s) in the type strains of the type species of 28 genera of the family Halobacteriaceae. Seventeen type strains, including the ten strains mentioned above, gave amplified DNA fragments of approximately 4000 bp, while eleven type strains, including the two strains mentioned above, did not give any PCR products. These eleven strains are members of the Clade I haloarchaea, originally defined by Walsh et al. (2004) and expanded by Minegishi et al. (2010). Analysis of contig sequences of three strains belonging to the Clade I haloarchaea also revealed the absence of the pyrD gene in the immediate upstream of any 16S rRNA genes. It may be scientifically sound to hypothesize that during the evolution of members of the family Halobacteriaceae, a pyrD gene transposition event happened in one group and this was followed by subsequent speciation processes in each group, yielding species/genera of the Clade I group and ‘the rest’ of the present family Halobacteriaceae.
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- Hiroaki Minegishi
- Bio-Nano Electronics Research Center, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Environmental Technology, School of Engineering, Kinki University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
- Bio-Nano Electronics Research Center, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
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- Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
- Bio-Nano Electronics Research Center, Toyo University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
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- Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Culard F, Bouffard S, Charlier M. High-LET irradiation of a DNA-binding protein: protein-protein and DNA-protein crosslinks. Radiat Res 2006; 164:774-80. [PMID: 16296883 DOI: 10.1667/rr3456.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The chromosomal protein MC1 is a monomeric protein of 93 amino acids that is able to bind any DNA but has a slight preferential affinity for some sequences and structures, like cruciform and minicircles. The protein has been irradiated with 36Ar18+ ions of 95 MeV/nucleon. The LET of these particles in water is close to 270 keV/microm. We tested the activity of the protein by measuring its ability to form complexes with DNA. We tested the integrity of the protein by measuring the molecular weight of the species formed. Compared with gamma radiation, we observed for the same dose a less efficient inactivation of the protein, a greater protection of the protein by the bound DNA, a lower induction of chain breakage, and a greater production of protein-protein and DNA-protein crosslinks. The results are discussed in terms of the quantitative and the qualitative differences between the two types of radiation: The global radical yield is slightly higher with gamma rays, whereas the density of radicals produced along the particle track is considerably higher with argon ions.
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- Françoise Culard
- Centre de biophysique moléculaire, CNRS, F-45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France.
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Manzur KL, Zhou MM. An archaeal SET domain protein exhibits distinct lysine methyltransferase activity towards DNA-associated protein MC1-α. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:3859-65. [PMID: 15978576 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2005] [Revised: 05/04/2005] [Accepted: 05/11/2005] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The evolutionarily conserved SET domain proteins in eukaryotes have been shown to function as site-specific histone lysine methyltransferases, and play an important role in regulating chromatin-mediated gene transcriptional activation and silencing. Structure-based sequence analysis has revealed that SET domains are also encoded by viruses and bacteria, as well as Archaea. However, their cellular functions remain elusive. In this study, we have characterized a SET domain protein from Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1 that we refer to as Gö1-SET. We show that Gö1-SET exists as a homodimer in solution, and functions as a lysine methyltransferase with high substrate specificity that is dependent on the amino acid sequence flanking the lysine methylation site. Particularly, Gö1-SET exhibits selective methyltransferase activity towards one of the major archaeal DNA interacting protein MC1-alpha at lysine 37. Our findings suggest that SET domain proteins such as Gö1-SET may restructure archaeal chromatin that is composed of MC1-DNA complexes, and that modulation of chromatin structure by lysine methylation may have arisen before the divergence of the archaeal and eukaryotic lineages.
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- Karishma L Manzur
- Structural Biology Program, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University, 1425 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Culard F, Gervais A, de Vuyst G, Spotheim-Maurizot M, Charlier M. Response of a DNA-binding protein to radiation-induced oxidative stress. J Mol Biol 2003; 328:1185-95. [PMID: 12729751 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00361-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The DNA-binding protein MC1 is a chromosomal protein extracted from the archaebacterium Methanosarcina sp. CHTI55. It binds any DNA, and exhibits an enhanced affinity for some short sequences and structures (circles, cruciform DNA). Moreover, the protein bends DNA strongly at the binding site. MC1 was submitted to oxidative stress through gamma-ray irradiation. In our experimental conditions, damage is essentially due to hydroxyl radicals issued from water radiolysis. Upon irradiation, the regular complex between MC1 and DNA disappears, while a new complex appears. In the new complex, the protein loses its ability to recognise preferential sequences and DNA circles, and bends DNA less strongly than in the regular one. The new complex disappears and the protein becomes totally inactivated by high doses.A model has been proposed to explain these experimental results. Two targets, R(1) and R(2), are concomitantly destroyed in the protein, with different kinetics. R(2) oxidation has no effect on the regular binding, whereas R(1) oxidation modifies the functioning of MC1: loss of preferential site and structure recognition, weaker bending. The destruction of both R(1) and R(2) targets leads to a total inactivation of the protein. This model accounts for the data obtained by titrations of DNA with irradiated proteins. When the protein is irradiated in the complex with DNA, bound DNA protects its binding site on the protein very efficiently. The highly oxidisable tryptophan and methionine could be the amino acid residues implicated in the inactivation process.
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- Françoise Culard
- Centre de biophysique moléculaire, CNRS, rue Charles-Sadron, F-45071 Orléans Cedex 2, France.
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Cam EL, Culard F, Larquet E, Delain E, Cognet JA. DNA bending induced by the archaebacterial histone-like protein MC1. J Mol Biol 1999; 285:1011-21. [PMID: 9887264 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The conformational changes induced by the binding of the histone-like protein MC1 to DNA duplexes have been analyzed by dark-field electron microscopy and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Visualisation of the DNA molecules by electron microscopy reveals that the binding of MC1 induces sharp kinks. Linear DNA duplexes (176 bp) which contained a preferential site located at the center were used for quantitative analysis. Measurements of the angle at the center of all duplexes, at a fixed DNA concentration, as a function of the MC1 concentration, were very well fitted by a simple model of an isotropic flexible junction and an equilibrium between the two conformations of DNA with bound or unbound MC1. This model amounts to double-folded Gaussian distributions and yields an equilibrium deflection angle of theta0=116 degrees for the DNA with bound MC1. It allowed measurements of the fraction of DNA with bound MC1 to be taken as a function of MC1 concentrations and yields an equilibrium dissociation constant of Kd=100 nM. It shows that the flexibility of DNA is reduced by the binding of MC1 and the formation of a kink. The equilibrium dissociation constant value was corroborated by gel electrophoresis. Control of the model by the computation of the reduced chi2 shows that the measurements are consistent and that electron microscopy can be used to quantify precisely the DNA deformations induced by the binding of a protein to a preferential site.
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- E L Cam
- Laboratoire de Microscopie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, LM2C, UMR 1772 CNRS, Institut Gustave-Roussy, 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, Villejuif Cedex, 94805, France.
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López-García P, Knapp S, Ladenstein R, Forterre P. In vitro DNA binding of the archaeal protein Sso7d induces negative supercoiling at temperatures typical for thermophilic growth. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:2322-8. [PMID: 9580681 PMCID: PMC147572 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.10.2322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The topological state of DNA in hyperthermophilic archaea appears to correspond to a linking excess in comparison with DNA in mesophilic organisms. Since DNA binding proteins often contribute to the control of DNA topology by affecting DNA geometry in the presence of DNA topoisomerases, we tested whether the histone-like protein Sso7d from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus alters DNA conformation. In ligase-mediated supercoiling assays carried out at 37, 60, 70, 80 and 90 degrees C we found that DNA binding of increasing amounts of Sso7d led to a progressive decrease in plasmid linking number (Lk), producing negative supercoiling. Identical unwinding effects were observed when recombinant non-methylated Sso7d was used. For a given Sso7d concentration the DNA unwinding induced was augmented with increasing temperature. However, after correction for the overwinding effect of high temperature on DNA, plasmids ligated at 60-90 degrees C exhibited similar sigma values at the highest Sso7d concentrations assayed. These results suggest that Sso7d may play a compensatory role in vivo by counteracting the overwinding effect of high temperature on DNA. Additionally, Sso7d unwinding could be involved in the topological changes observed during thermal stress (heat and cold shock), playing an analogous role in crenarchaeal cells to that proposed for HU in bacteria.
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- P López-García
- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS URA 1354, GDR 1006, Bâtiment 409, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Wu H, Liu XQ. DNA binding and bending by a chloroplast-encoded HU-like protein overexpressed in Escherichia coli. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1997; 34:339-343. [PMID: 9207850 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005867215258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The Guillardia theta chloroplast hlpA gene encodes a protein resembling bacterial histone-like protein HU. This gene was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli cells, and the resulting protein product, HlpA, was purified and characterized in vitro. In addition to exhibiting a general DNA-binding activity, the chloroplast HlpA protein also strongly facilitated cyclization of a short DNA fragment in the presence of T4 DNA ligase, indicating its ability to mediate very tight DNA curvatures.
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- H Wu
- Biochemistry Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Hagerman PJ. Do basic region-leucine zipper proteins bend their DNA targets ... does it matter? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:9993-6. [PMID: 8816735 PMCID: PMC38322 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.19.9993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- P J Hagerman
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA
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Grayling RA, Sandman K, Reeve JN. DNA stability and DNA binding proteins. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1996; 48:437-67. [PMID: 8791631 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3233(08)60368-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- R A Grayling
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA
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Toulmé F, Le Cam E, Teyssier C, Delain E, Sautière P, Maurizot JC, Culard F. Conformational changes of DNA minicircles upon the binding of the archaebacterial histone-like protein MC1. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:6286-91. [PMID: 7890766 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.11.6286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Binding of the archaebacterial histone-like protein MC1 to DNA minicircles has been examined by gel retardation and electron microscopy. MC1 preferentially binds to a 207-base pair relaxed DNA minicircle as compared with the linear fragment. Random binding is observed at very low ionic strength, and a slight increase in salt concentration highly favors the formation of a complex that corresponds to the binding of two MC1 molecules per DNA ring. Measurements of dissociation rates show that this complex is remarkably stable, and electron microscopy reveals that it is characterized by two diametrically opposed kinks. These results are discussed in regard to the mechanisms by which MC1 affects DNA structure.
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- F Toulmé
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, Orléans, France
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This article examines the published evidence in support of the classification of organisms into three groups (Bacteria, Archae, and Eukarya) instead of two groups (prokaryotes and eukaryotes) and summarizes the comparative biochemistry of each of the known histone-like, nucleoid DNA-binding proteins. The molecular structures and amino acid sequences of Archae are more similar to those of Eukarya than of Bacteria, with a few exceptions. Cytochemical methodology employed for localizing these proteins in archaeal and bacterial cells has also been reviewed. It is becoming increasingly apparent that these proteins participate both in the organization of DNA and in the control of gene expression. Evidence obtained from biochemical properties, structural and functional differences, and the ultrastructural location of these proteins, as well as from gene mutations clearly justifies the division of prokaryotes into bacterial and archaeal groups. Indeed, chromosomes, whether they be nuclear, prokaryotic, or organellar, are invariably complexed with abundant, small, basic proteins that bind to DNA with low sequence specificity. These proteins include the histones, histone-like proteins, and nonhistone high mobility group (HMG) proteins.
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- M A Hayat
- Department of Biology, Kean College of New Jersey Union 07083, USA
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Teyssier C, Laine B, Gervais A, Maurizot JC, Culard F. Archaebacterial histone-like protein MC1 can exhibit a sequence-specific binding to DNA. Biochem J 1994; 303 ( Pt 2):567-73. [PMID: 7980419 PMCID: PMC1137365 DOI: 10.1042/bj3030567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The binding of MC1 protein, the major chromosomal protein of the archaebacterium Methanosarcina sp. CHTI 55, to the region preceding the strongly expressed genes encoding methyl coenzyme reductase in a closely related micro-organism has been investigated. By gel retardation and DNAase I footprinting assays, we identified a preferential binding sequence in an open reading frame of unknown function. The large area of DNA protected against DNAase I is interrupted by a strong cleavage enhancement site on each strand. By circular permutation assays, we showed that the DNA bends upon MC1 binding. Furthermore we observed that the presence of a sequence outside the binding site can induce an unusual electrophoretic behaviour in some complexes.
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- C Teyssier
- Centre de biophysique moléculaire, Orléans, France
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Pil PM, Chow CS, Lippard SJ. High-mobility-group 1 protein mediates DNA bending as determined by ring closures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:9465-9. [PMID: 8415724 PMCID: PMC47589 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.20.9465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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High-mobility-group 1 protein (HMG1) is an abundant eukaryotic DNA-binding protein, the cellular role of which remains ill-defined. To test the ability of HMG1 itself to mediate curvature in double-stranded DNA, we examined its effect on the phage T4 DNA ligase-dependent cyclization of short DNA fragments. HMG1 caused circle formation for fragments > or = 87 bp. Fragments of 123, 100, 92, and 87 bp did not cyclize in the absence of protein but formed covalently closed circular monomers efficiently in the presence of HMG1, indicating that the protein is capable of introducing bends into the duplex. The bending activity was maintained by a 79-amino acid polypeptide corresponding to a single HMG-box domain of HMG1. The binding affinity for the DNA minicircle was greater than for the corresponding linear fragment. These findings indicate that the role of HMG1 could involve both structure-specific recognition of prebent DNA and distortion of the DNA helix by bending and that the HMG-box domain may actually be responsible for this activity.
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- P M Pil
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Isabelle V, Franchet-Beuzit J, Sabattier R, Laine B, Spotheim-Maurizot M, Charlier M. Radioprotection of DNA by a DNA-binding protein: MC1 chromosomal protein from the archaebacterium Methanosarcina sp. CHTI55. Int J Radiat Biol 1993; 63:749-58. [PMID: 8100262 DOI: 10.1080/09553009314552151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The archaebacterial chromosomal protein MC1 binds tightly and unspecifically to DNA; binding protects DNA against radiolysis by fast neutrons. At low covering of pBR322 plasmid DNA, one bound protein protects some 50 attack sites (phosphate-sugar moieties) against both single (ssb) and double strand breaks (dsb). At high covering of plasmid, protection against dsb becomes almost complete, although about half of the attack sites remain accessible to ssb. DNA restriction fragments were used to investigate the organization of the complexes, and its consequences on DNA radiolysis. Sequencing gel electrophoresis of the radiolytically-broken fragments are almost regular in the absence of protein, showing that breakage occurs at every base. In the presence of the protein, a periodic protection pattern is observed. The period of 11 base pairs is interpreted as the minimum distance between two adjacent MC1 proteins.
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- V Isabelle
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS, Orléans, France
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Grayling RA, Sandman K, Reeve JN. Archaeal DNA Binding Proteins and Chromosome Structure. Syst Appl Microbiol 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(11)80329-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Culard F, Laine B, Sautière P, Maurizot JC. Stoichiometry of the binding of chromosomal protein MC1 from the archaebacterium, Methanosarcina spp. CHTI55, to DNA. FEBS Lett 1993; 315:335-9. [PMID: 8422927 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81189-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We have investigated the binding stoichiometry of the chromosomal MC1 protein on DNA using the gel retardation technique. Analysis of the distribution of the complex containing 0, 1, 2, 3 ... bound proteins shows that the protein MC1 interacts with the DNA as a monomer. Binding experiments with short DNA fragments of various lengths shows that the site size is 11 bp in length. These results are compared to those obtained with other chromosomal proteins including HU protein.
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- F Culard
- Centre de biophysique moléculaire, Orléans, France
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Chapter 16 Structure and function of methanogen genes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(08)60265-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Chapter 11 Chromosome structure, DNA topoisomerases, and DNA polymerases in archaebacteria (archaea). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(08)60260-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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