The C Terminus of the AddA Subunit of the Bacillus Subtilis ATP-dependent DNase is Required for the ATP-dependent Exonuclease Activity but Not for the Helicase Activity

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1996 Sep 1

PMID 8752323

Citations 15

Authors

B J Haijema

G Venema

J Kooistra

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Abstract

Comparison of subunit AddA of the Bacillus subtilis AddAB enzyme, subunit RecB of the Escherichia coli RecBCD enzyme, and subunit RecB of the Haemophilus influenzae RecBCD enzyme revealed several regions of homology. Whereas the first seven regions are common among helicases, the two C-terminally located regions are unique for RecB of E. coli and H. influenzae and AddA. Deletion of the C-terminal region resulted in the production of an enzyme which showed moderately impaired levels of ATP-dependent helicase activity, whereas the ATP-dependent exonuclease activity was completely destroyed. The mutant enzyme was almost completely capable of complementing E. coli recBCD and B. subtilis addAB strains with respect to DNA repair and homologous recombination. These results strongly suggest that at least part of the C-terminal region of the AddA protein is indispensable for exonuclease activity and that, in contrast to the exonuclease activity, the helicase activity of the addAB gene product is important for DNA repair and homologous recombination.

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