Stimulation of DNA inversion by FIS: evidence for enhancer-independent contacts with the Gin-gix complex.

AUTOR(ES)

Deufel, A

RESUMO

Efficient DNA inversion catalysed by the invertase Gin requires the cis-acting recombinational enhancer and the Escherichia coliFIS protein. Binding of FIS bends the enhancer DNA and, on a negatively supercoiled DNA inversion substrate, facilitates the formation of a synaptic complex with specific topology. Previous studies have indicated that FIS-independent Gin mutants can be isolated which have lost the topological constraints imposed on the inversion reaction yet remain sensitive to the stimulatory effect of FIS. Whether the effect of FIS is purely architectural, or whether in addition direct protein contacts between Gin and FIS are required for efficient catalysis has remained an unresolved question. Here we show that FIS mutants impaired in DNA binding are capable of either positively or negatively affecting the inversion reaction both in vivo and in vitro. We further demonstrate that the mutant protein FIS K25E/V66A/M67T dramatically enhances the cleavage of recombination sites by FIS-independent Gin in an enhancer-independent manner. Our observations suggest that FIS plays a dual role in the inversion reaction and stimulates both the assembly of the synaptic complex as well as DNA strand cleavage.

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