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Regulation of UvrD Helicase Activity by MutL.


ABSTRACT: Escherichia coli UvrD is a superfamily 1 helicase/translocase involved in multiple DNA metabolic processes including methyl-directed mismatch DNA repair. Although a UvrD monomer can translocate along single-stranded DNA, a UvrD dimer is needed for processive helicase activity in vitro. E. coli MutL, a regulatory protein involved in methyl-directed mismatch repair, stimulates UvrD helicase activity; however, the mechanism is not well understood. Using single-molecule fluorescence and ensemble approaches, we find that a single MutL dimer can activate latent UvrD monomer helicase activity. However, we also find that MutL stimulates UvrD dimer helicase activity. We further find that MutL enhances the DNA-unwinding processivity of UvrD. Hence, MutL acts as a processivity factor by binding to and presumably moving along with UvrD to facilitate DNA unwinding.

SUBMITTER: Ordabayev YA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6201271 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Regulation of UvrD Helicase Activity by MutL.

Ordabayev Yerdos A YA   Nguyen Binh B   Niedziela-Majka Anita A   Lohman Timothy M TM  

Journal of molecular biology 20180830 21


Escherichia coli UvrD is a superfamily 1 helicase/translocase involved in multiple DNA metabolic processes including methyl-directed mismatch DNA repair. Although a UvrD monomer can translocate along single-stranded DNA, a UvrD dimer is needed for processive helicase activity in vitro. E. coli MutL, a regulatory protein involved in methyl-directed mismatch repair, stimulates UvrD helicase activity; however, the mechanism is not well understood. Using single-molecule fluorescence and ensemble app  ...[more]

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