title: TerF, the sixth identified replication arrest site in Escherichia coli, is located within the rcsC gene.
abstract: We report the existence of a sixth replication arrest site, TerF, that is located within the coding sequences of the rcsC gene, a negative regulator of capsule biosynthesis. The TerF site is oriented to allow transcription of the rcsC gene but prevent DNA replication in the terminus-to-origin direction. Our results demonstrate that the TerF site is functional in both chromosomal and plasmid environments and that the stability of the Tus-TerF protein-DNA complex more closely resembles the plasmid R6K Ter sites than the chromosomal TerB site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004261:DNA Replication; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005809:Genes, Regulator / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011494:Protein Kinases; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D014157:Transcription Factors; C489728:rcsC protein, E coli; D011494:Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases