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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
The Bacillus subtilis ripX gene encodes a protein that has 37 and 44% identity with the XerC and XerD site-specific recombinases of Escherichia coli. XerC and XerD are hypothesized to act in concert at the dif site to resolve dimeric chromosomes formed by recombination during replication. Cultures of ripX mutants contained a subpopulation of unequal-size cells held together in long chains. The chains included anucleate cells and cells with aberrantly dense or diffuse nucleoids, indicating a chromosome partitioning failure. This result is consistent with RipX having a role in the resolution of chromosome dimers in B. subtilis. Spores contain a single uninitiated chromosome, and analysis of germinated, outgrowing spores showed that the placement of FtsZ rings and septa is affected in ripX strains by the first division after the initiation of germination. The introduction of a recA mutation into ripX strains resulted in only slight modifications of the ripX phenotype, suggesting that chromosome dimers can form in a RecA-independent manner in B. subtilis. In addition to RipX, the CodV protein of B. subtilis shows extensive similarity to XerC and XerD. The RipX and CodV proteins were shown to bind in vitro to DNA containing the E. coli dif site. Together they functioned efficiently in vitro to catalyze site-specific cleavage of an artificial Holliday junction containing a dif site. Inactivation of codV alone did not cause a discernible change in phenotype, and it is speculated that RipX can substitute for CodV in vivo.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
181
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6053-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Bacillus subtilis, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Chromosomes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-DNA Nucleotidyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Integrases, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Rec A Recombinases, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Recombinases, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-SOS Response (Genetics), pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Spores, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:10498718-Substrate Specificity
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The ripX locus of Bacillus subtilis encodes a site-specific recombinase involved in proper chromosome partitioning.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't