The RcbA Gene Product Reduces Spontaneous and Induced Chromosome Breaks in Escherichia Coli

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2012 Feb 21

PMID 22343303

Citations 4

Authors

Magdalena M Felczak

Jon M Kaguni

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Abstract

Elevated levels of DnaA cause excessive initiation, which leads to an increased level of double-strand breaks that are proposed to arise when newly formed replication forks collide from behind with stalled or collapsed forks. These double-strand breaks are toxic in mutants that are unable to repair them. Using a multicopy suppressor assay to identify genes that suppress this toxicity, we isolated a plasmid carrying a gene whose function had been unknown. This gene, carried by the cryptic rac prophage, has been named rcbA for its ability to reduce the frequency of chromosome breaks. Our study shows that the colony formation of strains bearing mutations in rep, recG, and rcbA, like recA and recB mutants, is inhibited by an oversupply of DnaA and that a multicopy plasmid carrying rcbA neutralizes this inhibition. These and other results suggest that rcbA helps to maintain the integrity of the bacterial chromosome by lowering the steady-state level of double-strand breaks.

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