Fogg, Paul C M orcid.org/0000-0001-5324-4293, Younger, Ellen, Fernando, Booshini D et al. (3 more authors) (2018) Recombination directionality factor gp3 binds ϕC31 integrase via the zinc domain, potentially affecting the trajectory of the coiled-coil motif. Nucleic Acids Research. pp. 1308-1320. ISSN 0305-1048
Abstract
To establish a prophage state, the genomic DNA of temperate bacteriophages normally becomes integrated into the genome of their host bacterium by integrase-mediated, site-specific DNA recombination. Serine integrases catalyse a single crossover between an attachment site in the host (attB) and a phage attachment site (attP) on the circularized phage genome to generate the integrated prophage DNA flanked by recombinant attachment sites, attL and attR. Exiting the prophage state and entry into the lytic growth cycle requires an additional phage-encoded protein, the recombination directionality factor or RDF, to mediate recombination between attL and attR and excision of the phage genome. The RDF is known to bind integrase and switch its activity from integration (attP x attB) to excision (attL x attR) but its precise mechanism is unclear. Here, we identify amino acid residues in the RDF, gp3, encoded by the Streptomyces phage ϕC31 and within the ϕC31 integrase itself that affect the gp3:Int interaction. We show that residue substitutions in integrase that reduce gp3 binding adversely affect both excision and integration reactions. The mutant integrase phenotypes are consistent with a model in which the RDF binds to a hinge region at the base of the coiled-coil motif in ϕC31 integrase.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2017. |
Keywords: | Journal Article,Attachment Sites, Microbiological,Lysogeny,Integrases/chemistry,Recombinant Proteins/chemistry,Thermodynamics,Viral Proteins/chemistry,Cloning, Molecular,Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs,DNA, Bacterial/chemistry,Binding Sites,Genetic Vectors/chemistry,Streptomyces/chemistry,Amino Acid Sequence,Protein Conformation, alpha-Helical,Gene Expression,Models, Molecular,DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry,Escherichia coli/genetics,Sequence Homology, Amino Acid,Sequence Alignment,Protein Conformation, beta-Strand,Siphoviridae/chemistry,Protein Binding,Mutation,Amino Acid Substitution |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Biology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2017 09:10 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:29 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx1233 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/nar/gkx1233 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:125453 |
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