title: The inactivated plasmid inititator protein RepC/RepC* may have a regulatory role.
abstract: During replication of the plasmid pT181, the initiator protein RepC is modified by the addition of an oligodeoxynucleotide, giving rise to a new form, RepC*. Here we show that during in vitro replication, RepC* is radioactively labeled, suggesting that the source of the RepC* oligodeoxynucleotide is the newly synthesized pT181 DNA. The RepC/RepC* heterodimer retains its ability to bind the pT181 double-strand origin and, therefore, it may act as a competitive inhibitor of the RepC homodimer during replication.
authors.affiliation: Skirball Institute, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rasooly
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rasooly
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004261:DNA Replication; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019281:Dimerization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism*; D018741:Replication Origin; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C043650:RepC protein, Staphylococcus aureus