Novobiocin induces accumulation of a single strand of plasmid pGRB-1 in the archaebacterium Halobacterium GRB.

AUTOR(ES)

Sioud, M

RESUMO

Treatment of Halobacterium GRB cells with the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor novobiocin induces the accumulation of a circular single-stranded DNA form of the plasmid pGRB-1. This form corresponds to the transcribed strand of pGRB-1. A tiny amount of this form is detectable in untreated cells. The induction of single-stranded pGRB-1 molecules by novobiocin is abolished when cells are pretreated with aphidicolin or anisomycin, which inhibit halobacterial DNA replication and protein synthesis, respectively. These results suggest that the single-stranded form of pGRB-1 is generated in the course of plasmid replication.

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