title: RecG interacts directly with SSB: implications for stalled replication fork regression.
abstract: RecG and RuvAB are proposed to act at stalled DNA replication forks to facilitate replication restart. To define the roles of these proteins in fork regression, we used a combination of assays to determine whether RecG, RuvAB or both are capable of acting at a stalled fork. The results show that RecG binds to the C-terminus of single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) forming a stoichiometric complex of 2 RecG monomers per SSB tetramer. This binding occurs in solution and to SSB protein bound to single stranded DNA (ssDNA). The result of this binding is stabilization of the interaction of RecG with ssDNA. In contrast, RuvAB does not bind to SSB. Side-by-side analysis of the catalytic efficiency of the ATPase activity of each enzyme revealed that (-)scDNA and ssDNA are potent stimulators of the ATPase activity of RecG but not for RuvAB, whereas relaxed circular DNA is a poor cofactor for RecG but an excellent one for RuvAB. Collectively, these data suggest that the timing of repair protein access to the DNA at stalled forks is determined by the nature of the DNA available at the fork. We propose that RecG acts first, with RuvAB acting either after RecG or in a separate pathway following protein-independent fork regression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
authors.forename: Jackson A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Buss
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Piero R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bianco
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D004270:DNA, Circular / Q000378:metabolism; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004270:DNA, Circular; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C061260:RuvB protein, Bacteria; C071446:RecG protein, E coli; C071059:Holliday junction DNA helicase, E coli; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D004265:DNA Helicases