Completion of DNA replication in Escherichia coli.
Completion of DNA replication in Escherichia coli.
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在大肠杆菌中完成 DNA 复制。
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1415025111
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Courcelle,Justin
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作者:
Wendel,BrianM;Courcelle,CharmainT;Courcelle,Justin
The mechanism by which cells recognize and complete replicated regions at their precise doubling point must be remarkably efficient, occurring thousands of times per cell division along the chromosomes of humans. However, this process remains poorly understood. Here we show that, inEscherichia coli, the completion of replication involves an enzymatic system that effectively counts pairs and limits cellular replication to its doubling point by allowing converging replication forks to transiently continue through the doubling point before the excess, over-replicated regions are incised, resected, and joined. Completion requires RecBCD and involves several proteins associated with repairing double-strand breaks including, ExoI, SbcDC, and RecG. However, unlike double-strand break repair, completion occurs independently of homologous recombination and RecA. In some bacterial viruses, the completion mechanism is specifically targeted for inactivation to allow over-replication to occur during lytic replication. The results suggest that a primary cause of genomic instabilities in many double-strand-break-repair mutants arises from an impaired ability to complete replication, independent from DNA damage.