title: Replication-specific inactivation of the pT181 plasmid initiator protein.
abstract: Replication of the Staphylococcus aureus plasmid pT181, which occurs by the rolling circle mechanism, is accompanied by the covalent attachment of a approximately 12-residue oligodeoxy-nucleotide to one subunit of the dimeric plasmid-coded initiator protein, RepC. This oligonucleotide represents the plasmid sequence immediately 3' to the initiating nick site. The resulting heterodimeric protein lacks the topoisomerase and replication activities of unmodified RepC, suggesting that the regulation of plasmid DNA replication requires post-replicational inactivation of the initiator protein as well as control of its synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plasmid Biology, Public Health Research Institute, New York, NY 10016.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rasooly
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Novick
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004261:DNA Replication; D004264:DNA Topoisomerases, Type I / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C043650:RepC protein, Staphylococcus aureus; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D004264:DNA Topoisomerases, Type I