DNA Recombination Activity in Soybean Mitochondria
Autor: | Stephanie L. McLean, Fayaz Khazi, Brent L. Nielsen, Medha Manchekar, Daqing Song, Karyn D. Scissum-Gunn |
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Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Electrophoresis
Recombination Genetic Gel electrophoresis Mitochondrial DNA food and beverages DNA Mitochondrion Biology Genome Molecular biology Mitochondria law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Structural Biology law Agarose gel electrophoresis Recombinant DNA Nucleic Acid Conformation Soybeans Molecular Biology Recombination |
Zdroj: | Journal of Molecular Biology. 356:288-299 |
ISSN: | 0022-2836 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.11.070 |
Popis: | Mitochondrial genomes in higher plants are much larger and more complex as compared to animal mitochondrial genomes. There is growing evidence that plant mitochondrial genomes exist predominantly as a collection of linear and highly branched DNA molecules and replicate by a recombination-dependent mechanism. However, biochemical evidence of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) recombination activity in plants has previously been lacking. We provide the first report of strand-invasion activity in plant mitochondria. Similar to bacterial RecA, this activity from soybean is dependent on the presence of ATP and Mg(2+). Western blot analysis using an antibody against the Arabidopsis mitochondrial RecA protein shows cross-reaction with a soybean protein of about 44 kDa, indicating conservation of this protein in at least these two plant species. mtDNA structure was analyzed by electron microscopy of total soybean mtDNA and molecules recovered after field-inversion gel electrophoresis (FIGE). While most molecules were found to be linear, some molecules contained highly branched DNA structures and a small but reproducible proportion consisted of circular molecules (many with tails) similar to recombination intermediates. The presence of recombination intermediates in plant mitochondria preparations is further supported by analysis of mtDNA molecules by 2-D agarose gel electrophoresis, which indicated the presence of complex recombination structures along with a considerable amount of single-stranded DNA. These data collectively provide convincing evidence for the occurrence of homologous DNA recombination in plant mitochondria. |
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