PMID:3040665
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Braun, RE, O'Day, K and Wright, A (1987) Cloning and characterization of dnaA(Cs), a mutation which leads to overinitiation of DNA replication in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 169:3898-903 |
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| Abstract |
The product of the dnaA gene is essential for the initiation of chromosomal DNA replication in Escherichia coli K-12. A cold-sensitive mutation, dnaA(Cs), was originally isolated as a putative intragenic suppressor of the temperature sensitivity of a dnaA46 mutant (G. Kellenberger-Gujer, A. J. Podhajska, and L. Caro, Mol. Gen. Genet. 162:9-16, 1978). The cold sensitivity of the dnaA(Cs) mutant was attributed to a loss of replication control resulting in overinitiation of DNA replication. We cloned and sequenced the dnaA gene from the dnaA(Cs) mutant and showed that it contains three point mutations in addition to the original dnaA46(Ts) mutation. The dnaA(Cs) mutation was dominant to the wild-type allele. Overproduction of the DnaA(Cs) protein blocked cell growth. In contrast, overproduction of wild-type DnaA protein reduced the growth rate of cells but did not stop cell growth. Thus, the effect of elevated levels of the DnaA(Cs) protein was quite different from that of the wild-type protein under the same conditions. |
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Bacterial Proteins/biosynthesis; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Base Sequence; Cloning, Molecular; Cold Temperature; DNA Replication; DNA Restriction Enzymes; DNA, Bacterial/analysis; Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Genes, Bacterial; Mutation; Phenotype; Plasmids |
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