Unzipping mechanism of the double-stranded DNA unwinding by a hexameric helicase: quantitative analysis of the rate of the dsDNA unwinding, processivity and kinetic step-size of the Escherichia coli DnaB helicase using rapid quench-flow method

Journal of Molecular Biology
Roberto GallettoW Bujalowski

Abstract

Kinetics of the double-stranded (ds) DNA unwinding by the Escherichia coli replicative helicase DnaB protein has been examined under single-turnover conditions using the chemical quench-flow technique. The unwinding reaction proceeds through an initial conformational transition followed by the unwinding catalytic steps and the release of the single-stranded (ss) DNA. Analyses of the reaction as a function of the number of base-pairs in the dsDNA reveal that the number of catalytic steps is not strictly proportional to the length of the dsDNA. As the helicase approaches the end of the substrate, the remaining approximately 11 bp of the DNA melts without catalytic participation of the enzyme. The kinetic step-size of the DnaB helicase, i.e. the number of the base-pairs unwound in a single catalytic step is only 1.4(+/- 0.2). The low value of the step-size indicates that the helicase unwinds a single base-pair in a single catalytic step. Thus, the DnaB helicase unzips the dsDNA in a reverse process to the zipping mechanism of the non-enzymatic double helix formation. The protein is a fast helicase that at 25 degrees C unwinds approximately 291 bp/s, much faster than previously thought, and the unwinding rate can be much higher at ...Continue Reading

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