Dependence of transcription-coupled DNA supercoiling on promoter strength in Escherichia coli topoisomerase I deficient strains.
Dependence of transcription-coupled DNA supercoiling on promoter strength in Escherichia coli topoisomerase I deficient strains.
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大肠杆菌拓扑异构酶 I 缺陷菌株中转录偶联 DNA 超螺旋对启动子强度的依赖性。
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10.1016/j.gene.2012.11.011
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发表时间:
2013
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Leng,Fenfei
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作者:
Zhi,Xiaoduo;Leng,Fenfei
Transcription by RNA polymerase can induce the formation of hypernegatively supercoiled DNA in vitro and in vivo. This phenomenon has been nicely explained by a “twin-supercoiled-domain” model of transcription where a positively supercoiled domain is generated ahead of the RNA polymerase and a negatively supercoiled domain behind it. In Escherichia coli topA strains, DNA gyrase selectively converts the positively supercoiled domain into negative supercoils to produce hypernegatively supercoiled DNA. In this article, in order to examine whether promoter strength affects transcription-coupled DNA supercoiling (TCDS), we developed a two-plasmid system in which a linear, non-supercoiled plasmid was used to express lac repressor constitutively while a circular plasmid was used to gage TCDS in E. coli cells. Using this two-plasmid system, we found that TCDS in topA strains is dependent on promoter strength. We also demonstrated that transcription-coupled hypernegative supercoiling of plasmid DNA did not need the expression of a membrane-insertion protein for strong promoters; however, it might require co-transcriptional synthesis of a polypeptide. Furthermore, we found that for weak promoters the expression of a membrane-insertion tet gene was not sufficient for the production of hypernegatively supercoiled DNA. Our results can be explained by the “twin-supercoiled-domain” model of transcription where the friction force applied to E. coli RNA polymerase plays a critical role in the generation of hypernegatively supercoiled DNA.
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影响因子:
3.6
作者:
Opel, ML;Hatfield, GW
通讯作者:
Hatfield, GW
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.78.1.167
发表时间:
1981-01-01
期刊:
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
影响因子:
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作者:
STUBER, D;BUJARD, H
通讯作者:
BUJARD, H
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0404443101
发表时间:
2004-08-03
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Golding, I;Cox, EC
通讯作者:
Cox, EC
DOI:
10.1007/bf00332239
发表时间:
1989-03-01
期刊:
MOLECULAR AND GENERAL GENETICS
影响因子:
--
作者:
HASE, T;NAKAI, M;MASAMUNE, Y
通讯作者:
MASAMUNE, Y
DOI:
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发表时间:
1994
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
--
作者:
Ma,D;Cook,DN;Pon,NG;Hearst,JE
通讯作者:
Hearst,JE