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Nucleic Acids Research 2004 32(12):3672-3682; doi:10.1093/nar/gkh675
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Published online 14 July 2004

Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 32 No. 12 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved

Specific inhibition of the E.coli RecBCD enzyme by Chi sequences in single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotides

Avanti Kulkarni and Douglas A. Julin*

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 301 405 1821; Fax: +1 301 314 9121; Email: dj13{at}umail.umd.edu

Received as resubmission April 24, 2004; Revised May 28, 2004; Accepted June 8, 2004

RecBCD is an ATP-dependent helicase and exonuclease which generates 3' single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) ends used by RecA for homologous recombination. The exonuclease activity is altered when RecBCD encounters a Chi sequence (5'-GCTGGTGG-3') in double-stranded DNA (ds DNA), an event critical to the generation of the 3'-ssDNA. This study tests the effect of ssDNA oligonucleotides having a Chi sequence (Chi+) or a single base change that abolishes the Chi sequence (Chio), on the enzymatic activities of RecBCD. Our results show that a 14 and a 20mer with Chi+ in the center of the molecule inhibit the exonuclease and helicase activities of RecBCD to a greater extent than the corresponding Chio oligonucleotides. Oligonucleotides with the Chi sequence at one end, or the Chi sequence alone in an 8mer, failed to show Chi-specific inhibition of RecBCD. Thus, Chi recognition requires that Chi be flanked by DNA at either end. Further experiments indicated that the oligonucleotides inhibit RecBCD from binding to its dsDNA substrate. These results suggest that a specific site for Chi recognition exists on RecBCD, which binds Chi with greater affinity than a non-Chi sequence and is probably adjacent to non-specific DNA binding sites.


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