title: Structural requirement of four-way junction DNA for binding to and cleavage by RuvC.
abstract: Sixteen bimobile four-way junction DNAs were designed to clarify the consensus sequence at the resolution site by the E. coli RuvC protein. The consensus sequence is 5'-T decreases X-3' (X: A, G, C, and T) without exception, but the sequences at the cleaved sites are not necessarily symmetric. The presence of symmetrically located two AT base-pairs at the junction is the minimal requirement for resolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shinagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kyogoku
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015394:Molecular Structure
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C069806:ruvC protein, E coli; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases