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Human ERCC2 genomic clones give efficient, stable correction of the nucleotide excision repair defect in UV5 Chinese hamster ovary cells. One clone having a breakpoint just 5' of classical promoter elements corrects only transiently, implicating further flanking sequences in stable gene expression. The nucleotide sequences of a cDNA clone and genomic flanking regions were determined. The ERCC2 translated amino acid sequence has 52% identity (73% homology) with the yeast nucleotide excision repair protein RAD3. RAD3 is essential for cell viability and encodes a protein that is a single-stranded DNA dependent ATPase and an ATP dependent helicase. The similarity of ERCC2 and RAD3 suggests a role for ERCC2 in both cell viability and DNA repair and provides the first insight into the biochemical function of a mammalian nucleotide excision repair gene.
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PMID:ERCC2: cDNA cloning and molecular characterization of a human nucleotide excision repair gene with high homology to yeast RAD3. 218 31

The domain structure of rho protein, a transcription termination factor of Escherichia coli, was analyzed by oligonucleotide site-directed mutagenesis and chemical modification methods. The single cysteine at position 202, previously thought to be essential for rho function, was changed to serine or to glycine with no detectable effects on the protein's hexameric structure, RNA-binding ability, or ATPase, helicase, and transcription termination activities. A 151-residue amino-terminal fragment (N1), generated by hydroxylamine cleavage, and its complementary carboxyl-terminal fragment of 268 amino acids (N2) were extracted from NaDod-SO4/polyacrylamide gels and renatured. The N1 fragment binds poly(C) and mRNA corresponding to the rho-dependent terminator sequence trp t', but not RNA unrecognized by rho; hence, this small renaturable domain retains not only the binding ability but also the specificity of the native protein. Uncleaved rho renatures to regain its RNA-dependent ATPase activity, but neither N1 nor N2 exhibits any detectable ATP hydrolysis. Similarly, the two fragments, isolated separately but renatured together, are unable to hydrolyze ATP. Sequence homology to the alpha subunit of the E. coli F1 membrane ATPase, and to consensus elements of other nucleotide-binding proteins, strongly suggests a structural domain for ATP binding that begins after amino acid 164. The implications of discrete domains for RNA and nucleotide binding are discussed in the context of requirements for specific interactions between RNA-binding and ATP-hydrolysis sites during transcription termination.
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PMID:Structure of rho factor: an RNA-binding domain and a separate region with strong similarity to proven ATP-binding domains. 245 28

We have utilized oligonucleotide site-directed mutagenesis to test our prediction that Escherichia coli rho factor has an ATP-binding domain separate from its RNA-binding domain and similar to that of adenylate kinase. Single amino acid substitutions were generated in regions thought to be within the active site and catalytically important for the ATPase activity, changing lysine 181 and/or lysine 184 to glutamine, and aspartate 265 to valine and asparagine. The altered proteins were purified and characterized in vitro for RNA- and ATP-binding ability, ATPase activity, helicase activity, and ability to catalyze transcription termination. Our results indicate that 1) these amino acid alterations in the proposed ATP-binding domain do not interfere with RNA binding; 2) substitution of lysine 184 by glutamine actually improves the ATPase and related activities while the same substitution at lysine 181 reduces but does not eliminate activity; 3) the double mutation changing both lysine 181 and lysine 184 to glutamine eliminates ATPase activity; and 4) the aspartate at 265 is also required for ATP hydrolysis but not for ATP binding. These results are consistent with our proposal that the general tertiary structure of rho's ATP-binding domain is similar to that of adenylate kinase.
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PMID:Site-directed alterations in the ATP-binding domain of rho protein affect its activities as a termination factor. 246 32

The bacteriophage T4 gene 41 protein is a 5' to 3' DNA helicase which unwinds DNA ahead of the growing replication fork and, together with the T4 gene 61 protein, also functions as a primase to initiate DNA synthesis on the lagging strand. Proteolytic cleavage by trypsin approximately 20 amino acids from the COOH terminus of the 41 protein produces 41T, a 51,500-dalton fragment (possibly still associated with small COOH-terminal fragments) which still retains the ssDNA-stimulated GTPase (ATPase) activity, the 61 protein-stimulated DNA helicase activity, and the ability to act with 61 protein to synthesize pentaribonucleotide primers. In the absence of the T4 gene 32 ssDNA binding protein, the primase-helicase composed of the tryptic fragment (41T) and 61 proteins efficiently primes DNA synthesis on circular ssDNA templates by the T4 DNA polymerase and the three T4 polymerase accessory proteins. In contrast, the 41T protein is defective as a helicase or a primase component on 32 protein-covered DNA. Thus, unlike the intact protein, 41T does not support RNA-dependent DNA synthesis on 32 protein-covered ssDNA and does not stimulate strand displacement DNA synthesis on a nicked duplex DNA template. High concentrations of 32 protein strongly inhibit RNA primer synthesis with either 41 T or intact 41 protein. The 44/62 and 45 polymerase accessory proteins (and even the 44/62 proteins to some extent) substantially reverse the 32 protein inhibition of RNA primer synthesis with intact 41 protein but not with 41T protein. We propose that the COOH-terminal region of the 41 protein is required for its interaction with the T4 polymerase accessory proteins, permitting the synthesis and utilization of RNA primers and helicase function within the T4 replication complex. When this region is altered, as in 41T protein, the protein is unable to assemble a functional primase-helicase in the replication complex. An easy and rapid purification of T4 41 protein produced by a plasmid encoding this gene (Hinton, D. M., Silver, L. L., and Nossal, N. G. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 12851-12857) is also described.
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PMID:Trypsin cleavage in the COOH terminus of the bacteriophage T4 gene 41 DNA helicase alters the primase-helicase activities of the T4 replication complex in vitro. 246 40

We have compared the ATPase, DNA-binding, and helicase activities of free simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen (To) and T antigen complexed with cellular p53 (T+p53). Each activity is essential for productive viral infection. The T+p53 and To fractions were prepared by sequential immunosorption of infected monkey cells with monoclonal antibodies specific for p53 and T antigen. The immune-complexed T fractions were then assayed in parallel. For ATP hydrolysis, the Vmax for T+p53 was 143 nmol of ADP per min per mg of protein, or 18-fold greater than for To. ATP had no effect on the stability of the T+p53 complex. The T+p53 complex was significantly more active than To in hydrolyzing dATP, dGTP, GTP, and UTP. Of the nucleotide substrates tested, the greatest relative increase (T+p53/To) was in hydrolyzing dGTP and GTP. In DNase footprinting assays performed under replication conditions, the T+p53 complex protected regions I, II, and III of origin DNA while equivalent amounts of To protected only regions I and II. Region III is known to contribute to the efficiency of DNA replication and contains the SP1-binding sites of the early viral promoter. The T+p53 fraction was also a more efficient helicase than To, especially with a GC-rich primer and template. Thus, the T+p53 complex has enhanced ATPase, GTPase, DNA-binding, and helicase activities. These findings imply that complex formation between cellular monkey p53 and SV40 T antigen modulates a number of essential activities of T in SV40 productive infection.
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PMID:The p53 complex from monkey cells modulates the biochemical activities of simian virus 40 large T antigen. 252 75

We report a procedure for the large-scale purification of the Escherichia coli Rep protein, a helicase that is involved in the replication of the E. coli chromosome as well as a number of single-stranded bacteriophages. The procedure starts with E. coli cells harboring an overproducing plasmid, pRepO, in which the E. coli rep gene is under transcriptional control of the inducible lambda PL promoter (Colasanti, J., and Denhardt, D. T. (1987) Mol. Gen. Genet. 209, 382-390). The purification procedure results in greater than 98% pure Rep protein, which is free of contaminating nuclease activity, with yields of 40-50 mg of Rep protein/50 g of induced MZ-1/pRepO cells. We also show that cell death occurs upon inducing such a large overproduction of the E. coli Rep protein in MZ-1/pRepO. The Rep protein purified by this procedure has high specific single-stranded DNA-dependent ATPase activity, as well as helicase activity, with an apparent 3' to 5' directionality. The extinction coefficient of purified E. coli Rep protein is epsilon 280 = 1.16 +/- 0.04 ml mg-1 cm-1 (8.47 +/- 0.28 X 10(4) M-1 cm-1) in 10 mM Tris (pH 7.5), 20% (v/v) glycerol, 0.10 M NaCl at 25 degrees C. The solubility properties of the purified Rep protein have been examined as a function of glycerol, NaCl, MgCl2, ATP, and ADP concentrations at 25 and 37 degrees C (pH 7.5). Rep protein solubility decreases significantly with decreasing concentrations of glycerol and monovalent salt and increasing temperature; however, the presence of 1.5 mM ATP or ADP or MgCl2 at low NaCl concentrations increases the solubility. At 4 degrees C, in the presence of 20% glycerol and greater than or equal to 50 mM NaCl, the free Rep protein exists as a stable monomer under all conditions examined (+/- ATP and +/- MgCl2). The single-stranded DNA-dependent ATPase activity decreases with increasing glycerol concentration, such that in 25% (v/v) glycerol it has approximately 40% of its activity as compared to solutions that contain no glycerol. The dependence of the single-stranded DNA-dependent ATPase activity on salt concentration for a series of monovalent salts indicates the presence of both cation and anion effects, with decreasing activity in the order glutamate greater than acetate greater than chloride. The ability to obtain highly purified E. coli Rep protein in large quantities with relative ease will greatly facilitate physical characterizations of the protein and its interactions with DNA.
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PMID:Large-scale purification and characterization of the Escherichia coli rep gene product. 252 89

We have analyzed the ATPase activity exhibited by the UvrABC DNA repair complex. The UvrA protein is an ATPase whose lack of DNA dependence may be related to the ATP induced monomer-dimer transitions. ATP induced dimerization may be responsible for the enhanced DNA binding activity observed in the presence of ATP. Although the UvrA ATPase is not stimulated by dsDNA, such DNA can modulate the UvrA ATPase activity by decreases in Km and Vm and alterations in the Ki for ADP and ATP-gamma-S. The induction of such changes upon binding to DNA may be necessary for cooperative interactions of UvrA with UvrB that result in a DNA stimulated ATPase for the UvrAB protein complex. The UvrAB ATPase displays unique kinetic profiles that are dependent on the structure of the DNA effector. These kinetic changes correlate with changes in footprinting patterns, the stabilization of protein complexes on DNA damage and with the expression of helicase activity.
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PMID:ATPase activity of the UvrA and UvrAB protein complexes of the Escherichia coli UvrABC endonuclease. 252

The human nuclear antigen p68 cross reacts with a monoclonal antibody to SV40 large-T antigen. Its deduced amino acid sequence contains short motifs which place it in a large superfamily of proteins of known or putative helicase activity. Recently, a p68 subfamily (DEAD box proteins) which share more extensive regions of homology has been identified in mouse, Drosophila, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli. These proteins are involved in translation, ribosome assembly, mitochondrial splicing, spermatogenesis and embryogenesis. We show here that immunopurified human p68 has RNA dependent ATPase activity. In addition, we show that the protein undergoes dramatic changes in cellular location during the cell cycle.
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PMID:Nuclear protein p68 is an RNA-dependent ATPase. 252 46

The requirement for nucleotide hydrolysis in the DNA repair mechanism of the Escherichia coli UvrABC protein complex has been analyzed. The DNA-activated UvrAB ATPase activity is part of a helicase activity exhibited by the UvrAB protein complex. The helicase acts only on short duplexes and, therefore, is unlike other helicases such as those involved in DNA replication that unwind long duplexes. The strand displacement activity occurs in the 5'----3' direction and requires either ATP or dATP. The helicase activity is inhibited by UV photoproducts. The absence of this activity in a complex formed with proteolyzed UvrB (UvrB*), a complex also deficient in the endonuclease activity, suggests that this activity is important in the repair mechanism. The UvrAB protein complex may remain bound to a damaged site and by coupling the energy derived from ATP hydrolysis, alter the DNA conformation around the damage site to one that is permissive for endonucleolytic events. The conformational changes may take the form of DNA unwinding.
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PMID:Characterization of the helicase activity of the Escherichia coli UvrAB protein complex. 253 20

Simian virus 40 T antigen (TAg) exhibits nonspecific and origin-specific DNA binding (ori binding) and ATPase and helicase activities, all of which are related to its roles in viral DNA replication. We have characterized some of the properties of four replication-defective but transformation-competent mutant TAgs, C6-2, T22, C11, and C8A. C6-2 and T22 TAgs were each previously determined to lack ori-binding properties, while C11 TAg was reported to lack ATPase activity. The C8A TAg did not exhibit defects in either ori-binding or ATPase functions. We have analyzed additional aspects of these mutant TAgs pertaining to their helicase, DNA-binding, and immunological properties. With the exception of the C11 TAg, all the other TAgs exhibited helicase activity. The lack of helicase activity by C11 TAg was consistent with its previously shown inability to hydrolyze ATP or to replicate viral DNA. These results therefore show that ori-binding and helicase activities are separate functions of TAg. Wild-type and mutant TAgs bound with similar efficiency to either native or denatured calf thymus DNA-cellulose, indicating no marked differences in their nonspecific DNA-binding properties. We also tested the binding of wild-type and mutant TAgs to a monoclonal antibody, PAb 100, that was previously shown to recognize an extremely small class of TAg that may represent a unique conformational form of the protein. Interestingly, while less than 10% of the wild-type, C6-2, C11, and T22 mutant TAgs were recognized by PAb 100, more than 60% of the C8A mutant TAg was bound by this antibody. Therefore, although no defect in biochemical function was observed with the C8A TAg, its deficiency in viral DNA replication may be related to an unusual conformation, as detected by its dramatically increased recognition by PAb 100. These results show that the helicase activity of TAg is not required for its transformation function.
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PMID:Helicase, DNA-binding, and immunological properties of replication-defective simian virus 40 mutant T antigens. 253 12


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