Abstract
A recA mutant (recA423; Arg169-->His), with properties that should help clarify the relationship between the biochemical properties of RecA protein and its two major functions, homologous genetic recombination and recombinational DNA repair, has been isolated. The mutant has been characterized in vivo and the purified RecA423 protein has been studied in vitro. The recA423 cells are nearly as proficient in conjugational recombination, transductional recombination, and recombination of lambda red- gam- phage as wild-type cells. At the same time, the mutant cells are deficient for intra-chromosomal recombination and nearly as sensitive to UV irradiation as a recA deletion strain. The cells are proficient in SOS induction, and results indicate the defect involves the capacity of RecA protein to participate directly in recombinational DNA repair. In vitro, the RecA423 protein binds to single-stranded DNA slowly, with an associated decline in the ATP hydrolytic activity. The RecA423 protein promoted a limited DNA strand exchange reaction when the DNA substrates were homologous, but no bypass of a short heterologous insert in the duplex DNA substrate was observed. These results indicate that poor binding to DNA and low ATP hydrolysis ...Continue Reading
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