Covalently trapping MutS on DNA to study DNA mismatch recognition and signaling.

Autor: Heinze RJ; Institute for Biochemistry, FB 08, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, D-35392 Giessen, Germany., Sekerina S, Winkler I, Biertümpfel C, Oretskaya TS, Kubareva E, Friedhoff P
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Molecular bioSystems [Mol Biosyst] 2012 Jul 06; Vol. 8 (7), pp. 1861-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 May 24.
DOI: 10.1039/c2mb25086a
Abstrakt: The DNA repair protein MutS forms clamp-like structures on DNA that search for and recognize base mismatches leading to ATP-transformed signaling clamps. In this study, the mobile MutS clamps were trapped on DNA in a functional state using single-cysteine variants of MutS and thiol-modified homoduplex or heteroduplex DNA. This approach allows stabilization of various transient MutS-DNA complexes and will enable their structural and functional analysis.
Databáze: MEDLINE