Recognition of triple-helical DNA structures by transposon Tn7
AUTOR(ES)
Rao, Jason E.
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
We have found that the bacterial transposon Tn7 can recognize and preferentially insert adjacent to triple-helical nucleic acid structures. Both synthetic intermolecular triplexes, formed through the pairing of a short triplex-forming oligonucleotide on a plasmid DNA, and naturally occurring mirror repeat sequences known to form intramolecular triplexes or H-form DNA are preferential targets for Tn7 insertion in vitro. This target site selectivity depends upon the recognition of the triplex region by a Tn7-encoded ATP-using protein, TnsC, which controls Tn7 target site selection: the interaction of TnsC with the triplex region results in recruitment and activation of the Tn7 transposase. Recognition of a nucleic acid structural motif provides both new information into the factors that influence Tn7's target site selection and broadens its targeting capabilities.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=18120Documentos Relacionados
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