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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
The beta sliding clamp encircles the primer-template and tethers DNA polymerase III holoenzyme to DNA for processive replication of the Escherichia coli genome. The clamp is formed via hydrophobic and ionic interactions between two semicircular beta monomers. This report demonstrates that the beta dimer is a stable closed ring and is not monomerized when the gamma complex clamp loader (gamma(3)delta(1)delta(1)chi(1)psi(1)) assembles the beta ring around DNA. delta is the subunit of the gamma complex that binds beta and opens the ring; it also does not appear to monomerize beta. Point mutations were introduced at the beta dimer interface to test its structural integrity and gain insight into its interaction with delta. Mutation of two residues at the dimer interface of beta, I272A/L273A, yields a stable beta monomer. We find that delta binds the beta monomer mutant at least 50-fold tighter than the beta dimer. These findings suggest that when delta interacts with the beta clamp, it binds one beta subunit with high affinity and utilizes some of that binding energy to perform work on the dimeric clamp, probably cracking one dimer interface open.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19182-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Chromatography, Gel, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-DNA Polymerase III, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Nickel, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Surface Plasmon Resonance, pubmed-meshheading:11279099-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanism of beta clamp opening by the delta subunit of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme.
pubmed:affiliation
Rockefeller University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of DNA Replication, New York, New York 10021, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.