The topodynamics of incision of UV-irradiated covalently closed DNA by the Escherichia coli Uvr(A)BC endonuclease.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
O I KovalskyB Ahn

Abstract

The Escherichia coli Uvr(A)BC endonuclease (Uvr(A)BC) initiates nucleotide excision repair of a large variety of DNA damages. The damage recognition and incision steps by the Uvr(A)BC is a complex process utilizing an ATP-dependent DNA helix-tracking activity associated with the UvrA2B1 complex. The latter activity leads to the generation of highly positively supercoiled DNA in the presence of E. coli topoisomerase I in vitro. Such highly positively supercoiled DNA, containing ultraviolet irradiation-induced photoproducts (uvDNA), is resistant to the incision by Uvr(A)BC, whereas the negatively supercoiled and relaxed forms of the uvDNA are effectively incised. The E. coli gyrase can contribute to the above reaction by abolishing the accumulation of highly positively supercoiled uvDNA thereby restoring Uvr(A)BC-catalyzed incision. Eukaryotic (calf thymus) topoisomerase I is able to substitute for gyrase in restoring this Uvr(A)BC-mediated incision reaction. The inability of Uvr(A)BC to incise highly positively supercoiled uvDNA results from the failure of the formation of UvrAB-dependent obligatory intermediates associated with the DNA conformational change. In contrast to Uvr(A)BC, the Micrococcus luteus UV endonuclease effici...Continue Reading

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