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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
Using a fluorescent sensor for inorganic phosphate, the kinetics of ATP hydrolysis by PcrA helicase were measured in the presence of saturating concentrations of oligonucleotides of various lengths. There is a rapid phase of inorganic phosphate release that is equivalent to several turnovers of the ATPase, followed by slower steady-state ATP hydrolysis. The magnitude of the rapid phase is governed by the length of single-stranded DNA, while the slow phase is independent of its length. A kinetic model is presented in which the rapid phase is associated with translocation along single-stranded DNA, after the PcrA binds randomly along the DNA. There is a linear relationship between the length of single-stranded DNA and both the duration and amplitude of the rapid phase. These data suggest that the translocation activity occurs at 50 bases/s in unidirectional single-base steps, each requiring the hydrolysis of 1 ATP molecule.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
205-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Demonstration of unidirectional single-stranded DNA translocation by PcrA helicase: measurement of step size and translocation speed.
pubmed:affiliation
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't