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. 1986 Dec;6(12):4372–4378. doi: 10.1128/mcb.6.12.4372

Kinetoplast DNA of Bodo caudatus: a noncatenated structure.

S L Hajduk, A M Siqueira, K Vickerman
PMCID: PMC367219  PMID: 2432399

Abstract

The kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) of trypanosomes and other parasitic members of the order Kinetoplastida is organized as a complex network containing thousands of catenated circular DNA molecules. We found that the kDNA of a free-living kinetoplastida, Bodo caudatus, exists as a noncatenated structure. The kDNA of B. caudatus represents about 40% of the total cellular DNA, and the major components of this DNA are large circles of 10 and 12 kilobases (kb). Our results indicate that these circles are analogous to trypanosome kDNA minicircles despite their large size and noncatenated form. The kDNA of B. caudatus also contains a minor component of 19 kb which is transcribed. The 19-kb molecules are probably analogous to the maxicircles of trypanosomes. The properties of the B. caudatus kDNA suggest that the catenated network structure of trypanosome kDNA is not required for maxicircle segregation during kinetoplast division or for the expression of the maxicircle genome.

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