Topoisomerase II and other DNA-delay and DNA-arrest mutations impair bacteriophage T4 DNA packaging in vivo and in vitro.
AUTOR(ES)
Zachary, A
RESUMO
A survey of DNA packaging in vivo and in vitro during infections caused by T4 DNA-delay and DNA-arrest amber mutants revealed a common DNA packaging-deficient phenotype. Electron microscopy revealed high proportions of proheads partially filled with DNA in vivo, indicating normal initiation but incomplete encapsidation. In contrast, exogenous mature T4 DNA was packaged in vitro by several early-gene mutant extracts. Detailed analysis of gene ts39 mutants (subunit of topoisomerase II) showed that in vivo packaging is defective, yet expression of late proteins appeared normal and the concatemeric DNA was not abnormally short or nicked. Although g39 amber mutant extracts packaged DNA in vitro, two of three ts39 mutant extracts prevented encapsidation of the exogenous DNA. The temperature-sensitive (ts) gp39 in a mutant topoisomerase II complex may have interfered with packaging in vivo and in vitro by interacting with DNA in an anomalous fashion, rendering it unfit for encapsidation. These results support the hypothesis that T4 DNA packaging is sensitive to DNA structure and discriminates against encapsidation of some types of defective DNA.
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