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Nucleic Acids Research, Vol 24, Issue 14 2706-2711, Copyright © 1996 by Oxford University Press

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In vitro and in vivo function of the C-terminus of Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein

U Curth, J Genschel, C Urbanke and J Greipel
Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany.

We constructed several deletion mutants of Escherichia coli single- stranded DNA binding protein (EcoSSB) lacking different parts of the C- terminal region. This region of EcoSSB is composed of two parts: a glycine and proline-rich sequence of approximately 60 amino acids followed by an acidic region of the last 10 amino acids which is highly conserved among the bacterial SSB proteins. The single-stranded DNA binding protein of human mitochondria (HsmtSSB) lacks a region homologous to the C-terminal third of EcoSSB. Therefore, we also investigated a chimeric protein consisting of the complete sequence of the human mitochondrial single-stranded DNA binding protein (HsmtSSB) and the C-terminal third of EcoSSB. Fluorescence titrations and DNA- melting curves showed that the C-terminal third of EcoSSB is not essential for DNA-binding in vitro. The affinity for single-stranded DNA and RNA is even increased by the removal of the last 10 amino acids. Consequently, the nucleic acid binding affinity of HsmtSSB is reduced by the addition of the C-terminus of EcoSSB. All mutant proteins lacking the last 10 amino acids are unable to substitute wild- type EcoSSB in vivo. Thus, while the nucleic acid binding properties do not depend on an intact C-terminus, this region is essential for in vivo function. Although the DNA binding properties of HsmtSSB and EcoSSB are quite similar, HsmtSSB does not function in E.coli. This failure cannot be overcome by fusing the C-terminal third of EcoSSB to HsmtSSB. Thus differences in the N-terminal parts of both proteins must be responsible for this incompatibility. None of the mutants was defective in tetramerization. However, mixed tetramers could only be formed by proteins containing the same N-terminal part. This reflects structural differences between the N-terminal parts of HsmtSSB and EcoSSB. These results indicate that the region of the last 10 amino acids, which is highly conserved among bacterial SSB proteins, is involved in essential protein-protein interactions in the E.coli cell.
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