Homologous pairing of DNA molecules promoted by a protein from Ustilago. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A protein from mitotic cells of Ustilago maydis was purified on the basis of its ability to reanneal complementary single strands of DNA. The protein catalyzed the uptake of linear single strands by super-helical DNA, but only in reactions with homologous combinations of single-strand fragments and super-helical DNA from phages phi X174 and fd. No reaction occurred with heterologous combinations. The protein also efficiently paired circular single strands and linear duplex DNA molecules. The product was a joint molecule in which the circular single strand displaced one strand of the duplex. Efficient pairing depended upon ATP, and ATPase activity was found associated with the purified protein. ATP-dependent reannealing of complementary single strands was not detectable in the rec1 mutant of Ustilago, which is deranged in meiotic recombination, as complete tetrads are rare, and is defective in radiation-induced mitotic gene conversion.

publication date

  • June 1, 1982

Research

keywords

  • Basidiomycota
  • DNA, Fungal
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • Ustilago

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0019955863

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/0092-8674(82)90153-2

PubMed ID

  • 6214313

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 29

issue

  • 2