Cooperative RecA clustering: the key to efficient homology searching.
Cooperative RecA clustering: the key to efficient homology searching.
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10.1093/nar/gkx769
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发表时间:
2017-11-16
影响因子:
14.9
通讯作者:
Wälti C
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作者:
Lee AJ;Sharma R;Hobbs JK;Wälti C
The mechanism by which pre-synaptic RecA nucleoprotein filaments efficiently locate sequence homology across genomic DNA remains unclear. Here, using atomic force microscopy, we directly investigate the intermediates of the RecA-mediated homologous recombination process and find it to be highly cooperative, involving multiple phases. Initially, the process is dominated by a rapid ‘association’ phase, where multiple filaments interact on the same dsDNA simultaneously. This cooperative nature is reconciled by the observation of localized dense clusters of pre-synaptic filaments interacting with the observed dsDNA molecules. This confinement of reactive species within the vicinity of the dsDNA, is likely to play an important role in ensuring that a high interaction rate between the nucleoprotein filaments and the dsDNA can be achieved. This is followed by a slower ‘resolution’ phase, where the synaptic joints either locate sequence homology and progress to a post-synaptic joint, or dissociate from the dsDNA. Surprisingly, the number of simultaneous synaptic joints decreases rapidly after saturation of the dsDNA population, suggesting a reduction in interaction activity of the RecA filaments. We find that the time-scale of this decay is in line with the time-scale of the dispersion of the RecA filament clusters, further emphasising the important role this cooperative phenomena may play in the RecA-facilitated homology search.
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