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. 1991 Oct 1;88(19):8445–8449. doi: 10.1073/pnas.88.19.8445

SOS-inducible DNA repair proteins, RuvA and RuvB, of Escherichia coli: functional interactions between RuvA and RuvB for ATP hydrolysis and renaturation of the cruciform structure in supercoiled DNA.

T Shiba 1, H Iwasaki 1, A Nakata 1, H Shinagawa 1
PMCID: PMC52525  PMID: 1833759

Abstract

The ruv operon is induced by treatments that damage DNA and is regulated by the LexA repressor. It encodes two proteins, RuvA and RuvB, that are involved in DNA repair, recombination in RecE and RecF pathways, and mutagenesis. RuvB protein was previously purified and has ATP-binding activity and weak ATPase activity. To study the biochemical properties of RuvA and its interaction with RuvB, we purified RuvA protein to near homogeneity from an over-producing strain. RuvA bound more efficiently to single-stranded DNA than to double-stranded DNA. RuvA bound to DNA greatly enhanced the ATPase activity of RuvB; the enhancing effect of various forms of DNA was in the order of supercoiled DNA greater than single-stranded DNA greater than linear double-stranded DNA. UV irradiation further enhanced the ATPase stimulatory effect of supercoiled DNA dose dependently. The RuvA-RuvB complex has an activity that renatures the cruciform structure in supercoiled DNA. From these experiments and previous work, we infer that the RuvA-RuvB complex may promote branch migration in recombination and may correct irregular structures in DNA, such as cruciforms and hairpins, to facilitate DNA repair using ATP as the energy source.

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