The Integron Integrase Efficiently Prevents the Melting Effect of Escherichia coli Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein on Folded attC Sites

Autor: Céline Loot, David Bikard, Vincent Parissi, Jihane Amarir-Bouhram, Jose Antonio Escudero, Didier Mazel
Přispěvatelé: Plasticité du Génome Bactérien - Bacterial Genome Plasticity (PGB), Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Microbiologie cellulaire et moléculaire et pathogénicité (MCMP), Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), This work was supported by the Institut Pasteur, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS-UMR3525), the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7-HEALTH-2011-single-stage), and the Evolution and Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance (EvoTAR), European Project: 282004,EC:FP7:HEALTH,FP7-HEALTH-2011-single-stage,EVOTAR(2011), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité (MFP)
Rok vydání: 2014
Předmět:
DNA
Bacterial

MESH: Integrases
Plasma protein binding
medicine.disease_cause
Integron
MESH: Attachment Sites
Microbiological

Microbiology
DNA-binding protein
Integrons
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Escherichia coli
medicine
MESH: Protein Binding
Molecular Biology
Gene
030304 developmental biology
Recombination
Genetic

Genetics
0303 health sciences
Integrases
biology
MESH: Escherichia coli
030306 microbiology
Escherichia coli Proteins
Articles
MESH: DNA
Bacterial

[SDV.MP.BAC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Bacteriology
MESH: Integrons
Integrase
DNA-Binding Proteins
MESH: Nucleic Acid Conformation
chemistry
Attachment Sites
Microbiological

biology.protein
Nucleic Acid Conformation
MESH: Recombination
Genetic

MESH: DNA-Binding Proteins
DNA
Protein Binding
Zdroj: Journal of Bacteriology
Journal of Bacteriology, American Society for Microbiology, 2014, 196 (4), pp.762-771. ⟨10.1128/JB.01109-13⟩
Journal of Bacteriology, 2014, 196 (4), pp.762-771. ⟨10.1128/JB.01109-13⟩
ISSN: 1098-5530
0021-9193
Popis: Integrons play a major role in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes among bacteria. Rearrangement of gene cassettes occurs by recombination between attI and attC sites, catalyzed by the integron integrase. Integron recombination uses an unconventional mechanism involving a folded single-stranded attC site. This site could be a target for several host factors and more precisely for proteins able to bind single-stranded DNA. One of these, Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB), regulates many DNA processes. We studied the influence of this protein on integron recombination. Our results show the ability of SSB to strongly bind folded attC sites and to destabilize them. This effect was observed only in the absence of the integrase. Indeed, we provided evidence that the integrase is able to counterbalance the observed effect of SSB on attC site folding. We showed that IntI1 possesses an intrinsic property to capture attC sites at the moment of their extrusion, stabilizing them and recombining them efficiently. The stability of DNA secondary structures in the chromosome must be restrained to avoid genetic instability (mutations or deletions) and/or toxicity (replication arrest). SSB, which hampers attC site folding in the absence of the integrase, likely plays an important role in maintaining the integrity and thus the recombinogenic functionality of the integron attC sites. We also tested the RecA host factor and excluded any role of this protein in integron recombination.
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