Coordinated actions of RuvABC in Holliday junction processing.
The RuvA, RuvB and RuvC proteins of Escherichia coli process Holliday junctions during genetic recombination and DNA repair. Biochemical studies have shown that RuvA and RuvB promote branch migration whereas RuvC resolves junctions by endonucleolytic cleavage. Here we show that RuvAB stimulate Holliday junction resolution by RuvC. Elevated RuvC activity was dependent upon RuvAB-mediated ATP-hydrolysis. These results show that the three Ruv proteins work in a coordinated manner to promote Holliday junction resolution, and account for the resolvase-defective phenotype exhibited by ruvA, ruvB or ruvC mutant strains.
Clare Hall Laboratories, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, South Mimms, Herts, EN6 3LD, UK.
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D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D045565:Holliday Junction Resolvases; D007700:Kinetics; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C061260:RuvB protein, Bacteria; C069806:ruvC protein, E coli; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D004247:DNA; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases; D004720:Endonucleases; D045565:Holliday Junction Resolvases; C071059:Holliday junction DNA helicase, E coli; D004265:DNA Helicases