The Rep20 Replication Initiator From the pAG20 Plasmid of Acetobacter aceti |
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Authors: | Martin Babi? Zuzana Re?ková Juraj Bugala Viera Cimová Peter Grones Jozef Grones |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Molecular Biology, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina B-2, 842 15, Bratislava 4, Slovak Republic 2. Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, 9052, Ghent, Belgium 3. Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, 9052, Ghent, Belgium
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Abstract: | In the previously isolated pAG20 plasmid from the Acetobacter aceti CCM3610 strain, the Rep20 protein was characterized as a main replication initiator. The pAG20 plasmid origin was localized in the vicinity of the rep20 gene and contained two 21-nucleotide-long iteron sequences, two 13-nucleotide-long direct repeats, and a DnaA-binding site. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay and nonradioactive fragment analysis confirmed that the Rep20 protein interacted with two direct repeats (5′-TCCAAATTTGGAT′-3′) and their requirement during plasmid replication was verified by mutagenesis. Although the association could not be validated of the DnaA protein of from the host cells of Escherichia coli with the plasmid-encoded replication initiator that usually occurs during replication initiation, Rep20 was able to form dimeric structures by which it could bind the sequence of the rep20 gene and autoregulate its own expression. Targeted mutagenesis of the Rep20 protein revealed the importance of the third α-helix and 63Lys, specifically during DNA binding. The second, closely adjacent β-sheet also took part in this process in which 52Asn played a significant role. |
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