Publikationsdatum:
2008-11-21
Beschreibung:
Replication forks are impeded by DNA damage and protein-nucleic acid complexes such as transcribing RNA polymerase. For example, head-on collision of the replisome with RNA polymerase results in replication fork arrest. However, co-directional collision of the replisome with RNA polymerase has little or no effect on fork progression. Here we examine co-directional collisions between a replisome and RNA polymerase in vitro. We show that the Escherichia coli replisome uses the RNA transcript as a primer to continue leading-strand synthesis after the collision with RNA polymerase that is displaced from the DNA. This action results in a discontinuity in the leading strand, yet the replisome remains intact and bound to DNA during the entire process. These findings underscore the notable plasticity by which the replisome operates to circumvent obstacles in its path and may explain why the leading strand is synthesized discontinuously in vivo.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605185/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2605185/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Pomerantz, Richard T -- O'Donnell, Mike -- R01 GM038839/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM038839-21/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM038839/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R37 GM038839-20/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2008 Dec 11;456(7223):762-6. doi: 10.1038/nature07527. Epub 2008 Nov 19.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Rockefeller University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1230 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19020502" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Schlagwort(e):
DNA Polymerase III/*metabolism
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DNA Replication
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DNA, Bacterial/metabolism
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DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/*metabolism
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Escherichia coli/genetics/*metabolism
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Models, Molecular
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*Rna
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RNA, Bacterial/*metabolism
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RNA, Messenger/*metabolism
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Digitale ISSN:
1476-4687
Thema:
Biologie
,
Chemie und Pharmazie
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Medizin
,
Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
,
Physik
