Interplay between DNA replication, recombination and repair based on the structure of RecG helicase.
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| Abstract |
Recent studies in Escherichia coli indicate that the interconversion of DNA replication fork and Holliday junction structures underpins chromosome duplication and helps secure faithful transmission of the genome from one generation to the next. It facilitates interplay between DNA replication, recombination and repair, and provides means to rescue replication forks stalled by lesions in or on the template DNA. Insight into how this interconversion may be catalysed has emerged from genetic, biochemical and structural studies of RecG protein, a member of superfamily 2 of DNA and RNA helicases. We describe how a single molecule of RecG might target a branched DNA structure and translocate a single duplex arm to drive branch migration of a Holliday junction, interconvert replication fork and Holliday junction structures and displace the invading strand from a D loop formed during recombination at a DNA end. We present genetic evidence suggesting how the latter activity may provide an efficient pathway for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks that avoids crossing over, thus facilitating chromosome segregation at cell division.
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| Authors | Geoffrey S Briggs, Akeel A Mahdi, Geoffrey R Weller, Qin Wen, Robert G Lloyd |
| Journal | Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences (Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci) Vol. 359 Issue 1441 Pg. 49-59 (Jan 29 2004) ISSN: 0962-8436 [Print] England |
| PMID | 15065656 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review) |
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