PMID: 3745214Sep 25, 1986Paper

DNA binding by the bacteriophage SPO1-encoded type II DNA-binding protein, transcription factor 1. Site-specific binding requires 5-hydroxymethyluracil-containing DNA.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
J R GreeneE P Geiduschek

Abstract

The bacteriophage SPO1-encoded Type II DNA-binding protein, transcription factor 1 (TF1), forms complexes with specific sites in SPO1 DNA. We have investigated the binding of TF1 to one of its preferred sites in which the normal 5-hydroxymethyluracil (hmUra) of SPO1 DNA has been replaced by thymine and have also investigated the binding of a bacterial Type II DNA-binding protein (from Bacillus stearothermophilus) to the hmUra- and thymine-containing forms of the same DNA segment. Our results show that TF1 binds selectively to this high affinity binding site only in hmUra-containing DNA and that the bacterial Type II DNA-binding protein interacts nonspecifically with both forms of DNA.

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