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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 32, 16553-16560, Nov, 1988
B Van Houten, H Gamper, JE Hearst and A Sancar
Department of Biochemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
Escherichia coli ABC excinuclease initiates the removal of dodecanucleotides from damaged DNA in an ATP-dependent reaction. Using a synthetic DNA fragment containing a psoralen adduct at a defined position we have investigated the interaction of the components of the enzyme with substrate by DNase I footprinting. We find that the UvrA subunit binds to DNA specifically in the absence of cofactors and that the binding affinity is stimulated about 4-fold by ATP and only marginally inhibited by ADP. The UvrA.DNA complexes formed in the absence of co-factors or in the presence of either ATP or ADP are remarkably similar. In contrast, adenosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) increases nonspecific binding and completely abolishes the UvrA footprint. The UvrB subunit can associate with the UvrA subunit on DNA in the absence of ATP, but this ternary UvrA.UvrB.DNA complex is qualitatively different from that formed in the presence of ATP. The UvrC subunit elicits no additional change in the UvrA-UvrB footprint. Helicase II (UvrD protein) does not alter the UvrA-UvrB footprint but does appear to interact at the 5'-incision site of the postincision complex. DNA polymerase I fills in the excision gap in the presence or absence of helicase II and apparently releases the ABC excinuclease from the repaired DNA. Nearly 90% of the repair patches are 12 nucleotides long, and this length is not affected by helicase II. We see no evidence by DNase I footprinting for the formation of a multiprotein complex encompassing the UvrA, -B, -C, and -D proteins and DNA polymerase I.
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