Structural highlights
Function
PRIB_ECOLI Binds single-stranded DNA at the primosome assembly site (PAS). During primosome assembly it facilitates the complex formation between PriA and DnaT.[1] [2] [3]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Bacterial replisomes often dissociate from replication forks before chromosomal replication is complete. To avoid the lethal consequences of such situations, bacteria have evolved replication restart pathways that reload replisomes onto prematurely terminated replication forks. To understand how the primary replication restart pathway in E. coli (PriA-PriB) selectively acts on replication forks, we determined the cryogenic-electron microscopy structure of a PriA/PriB/replication fork complex. Replication fork specificity arises from extensive PriA interactions with each arm of the branched DNA. These interactions reshape the PriA protein to create a pore encircling single-stranded lagging-strand DNA while also exposing a surface of PriA onto which PriB docks. Together with supporting biochemical and genetic studies, the structure reveals a switch-like mechanism for replication restart initiation in which restructuring of PriA directly couples replication fork recognition to PriA/PriB complex formation to ensure robust and high-fidelity replication re-initiation.
Replication fork binding triggers structural changes in the PriA helicase that govern DNA replication restart in E. coli.,Duckworth AT, Ducos PL, McMillan SD, Satyshur KA, Blumenthal KH, Deorio HR, Larson JA, Sandler SJ, Grant T, Keck JL Nat Commun. 2023 May 11;14(1):2725. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38144-x. PMID:37169801[4]
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References
- ↑ Zavitz KH, DiGate RJ, Marians KJ. The priB and priC replication proteins of Escherichia coli. Genes, DNA sequence, overexpression, and purification. J Biol Chem. 1991 Jul 25;266(21):13988-95. PMID:1856227
- ↑ Allen GC Jr, Kornberg A. The priB gene encoding the primosomal replication n protein of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 1991 Jun 25;266(18):11610-3. PMID:1646811
- ↑ Allen GC Jr, Kornberg A. Assembly of the primosome of DNA replication in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 1993 Sep 15;268(26):19204-9. PMID:8366072
- ↑ Duckworth AT, Ducos PL, McMillan SD, Satyshur KA, Blumenthal KH, Deorio HR, Larson JA, Sandler SJ, Grant T, Keck JL. Replication fork binding triggers structural changes in the PriA helicase that govern DNA replication restart in E. coli. Nat Commun. 2023 May 11;14(1):2725. PMID:37169801 doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38144-x
