A Chloroplast DNA Helicase II from Pea That Prefers Fork-Like Replication Structures
AUTOR(ES)
Tuteja, Narendra
FONTE
American Society of Plant Physiologists
RESUMO
A DNA helicase, called chloroplast DNA (ctDNA) helicase II, was purified to apparent homogeneity from pea (Pisum sativum). The enzyme contained intrinsic, single-stranded, DNA-dependent ATPase activity and an apparent molecular mass of 78 kD on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The DNA helicase was markedly stimulated by DNA substrates with fork-like replication structures. A 5′-tailed fork was more active than the 3′-tailed fork, which itself was more active than substrates without a fork. The direction of unwinding was 3′ to 5′ along the bound strand, and it failed to unwind blunt-ended duplex DNA. DNA helicase activity required only ATP or dATP hydrolysis. The enzyme also required a divalent cation (Mg2+>Mn2+>Ca2+) for its unwinding activity and was inhibited at 200 mm KCl or NaCl. This enzyme could be involved in the replication of ctDNA. The DNA major groove-intercalating ligands nogalamycin and daunorubicin were inhibitory to unwinding (Ki approximately 0.85 μm and 2.2 μm, respectively) and ATPase (Ki approximately 1.3 μm and 3.0 μm, respectively) activities of pea ctDNA helicase II, whereas ellipticine, etoposide (VP-16), and camptothecin had no effect on the enzyme activity. These ligands may be useful in further studies of the mechanisms of chloroplast helicase activities.
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