title: Precise sequence assignment of replication origin in the control region of chick mitochondrial DNA relative to 5' and 3' D-loop ends, secondary structure, DNA synthesis, and protein binding.
abstract: The data reported identify for the first time the sequence of an avian mitochondrial heavy-strand replication origin, OH, located only about 12 nucleotides (nt) downstream from the conserved sequence block CSB-1, as well as the sequence of premature synthesis arrest of the 781 (+/-1) nt D-loop strand, only 6-7 nt downstream from a TAS-like (termination-associated) element. Both sites are associated with putative cruciform secondary structures. A major sequence-specific DNA-binding/cleavage site of a potential regulatory protein, the approximately 36-kDa aMDP1 (shown previously to stimulate mtDNA synthesis), is located about 90 nt upstream of OH. Correlated in vivo analysis of avian genome-length mtDNA replication provides missing evidence on the functional equivalence of D-loop origin with nascent initiation, and on the direction, asymmetry and temporal aspects of a full round of replication. The importance of the results to understanding the regulation of linked replication/transcription and the unusual sequence evolution of avian mtDNA is
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Nass
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D016466:CHO Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D002642:Chick Embryo; D006224:Cricetinae; D004261:DNA Replication; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011485:Protein Binding; D018741:Replication Origin; D012911:Snakes; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins