Possible involvement of DNA-linked RNA in the initiation of Bacillus subtilis chromosome replication.

Journal of Bacteriology
G HenckesS J Seror-Laurent

Abstract

After thermal denaturation, an in vivo-labeled RNA was found in a temperature-sensitive initiation mutant of Bacillus subtilis (dna-37) associated with high-molecular-weight DNA. This RNA could be clearly distinguished from other RNA species by different techniques of separation, such as Sepharose 2B filtration, chromatography on nitrocellulose, and equilibrium centrifugation in density gradient. It was obtained even when HCHO was present during denaturation and chilling of nucleic acids and was still detected after a second denaturation as well as after incubation with proteinase K. Properties of the complex were not altered by prior treatment with RNase H. A control experiment using two samples of the complex treated either with pancreatic DNase or with pancreatic RNase, denatured together and centrifuged in the same density gradient, showed that no artifactual associations occur between the DNA and the RNA components of the complex. These results demonstrate that the DNA and RNA in the complex are associated by neither hydrogen bonds nor proteins, but are indicative of a DNA-RNA covalent linkage. In addition, during synchronous replication after a previous period at a nonpermissive temperature, DNA-linked RNA synthesis took ...Continue Reading

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