Multiple Holliday junction resolving enzyme activities in the Crenarchaeota and Euryarchaeota
| Autor: | Malcolm F. White, Benjamin N. Wardleworth, Mamuka Kvaratskhelia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Biophysics
Biochemistry Substrate Specificity Sulfolobus Nuclease chemistry.chemical_compound Pyrococcus Structural Biology Crenarchaeota Genetics Holliday junction Homologous recombination Molecular Biology Chromatography Endodeoxyribonucleases biology Holliday Junction Resolvases DNA Cell Biology Archaeal Viruses biology.organism_classification Archaea Pyrococcus furiosus enzymes and coenzymes (carbohydrates) chemistry Resolving enzyme Archaeon Nucleic Acid Conformation Electrophoresis Polyacrylamide Gel |
| Zdroj: | FEBS Letters. 491:243-246 |
| ISSN: | 0014-5793 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02200-1 |
| Popis: | Holliday junction resolving enzymes are required by all life forms that catalyse homologous recombination, including all cellular organisms and many bacterial and eukaryotic viruses. Here we report the identification of three distinct Holliday junction resolving enzyme activities present in two highly divergent archaeal species. Both Sulfolobus and Pyrococcus share the Hjc activity, and in addition possess unique secondary activities (Hje and Hjr). We propose by analogy with the two other domains of life that the latter enzymes are viral in origin, suggesting the widespread existence of archaeal viruses that rely on homologous recombination as part of their life cycle. |
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