title: Interaction of the Escherichia coli DnaA protein with bacteriophage lambda DNA.
abstract: Interaction of the Escherichia coli DnaA (replication initiator) protein with restriction fragments of phage lambda DNA demonstrated differential binding of DnaA along the whole lambda DNA. Interaction of DnaA with the lambda replication region (from the promoter pR to the origin of replication, orilambda) demonstrated a strong binding of DnaA to the region around the p(o) promoter where synthesis of a short antisense oop RNA is initiated. The four sequences protected by DnaA (two 9mers and two 5mers) are not related even to a relaxed DnaA box. The pattern of protection of these four sequences and the location of three DNase I hypersensitive sites in the lambda DNA r strand, together with results of mobility shift assays and electron microscopy studies, may indicate an interaction involving DnaA monomers bound to different DNA positions on one side of the helix and the formation of higher-order nucleoprotein structures. Therefore, it is tempting to suggest that DnaA, in addition to its activity in regulation of replication and transcription, could be considered as a factor which structures certain chromosomal regions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Gdañsk, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szalewska-Palasz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weigel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Speck
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Srutkowska
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Konopa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lurz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marszalek
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Messer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wegrzyn
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D017931:DNA Primers; D004261:DNA Replication; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018741:Replication Origin
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C066312:DnaA protein, Bacteria; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I