Biochemistry of homologous recombination in Escherichia coli

SC Kowalczykowski, DA Dixon… - Microbiological …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
Homologous recombination is a fundamental biological process. Biochemical
understanding of this process is most advanced for Escherichia coli. At least 25 gene …

Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein: multiple DNA-binding modes and cooperativities.

TM Lohman, ME Ferrari - Annual review of biochemistry, 1994 - europepmc.org
There are now several well-documented SSBs from both prokaryotes and eukaryotes that
function in replication, recombination, and repair; however, no" consensus" view of their …

The single-stranded DNA-binding protein of Escherichia coli

RR Meyer, PS Laine - Microbiological reviews, 1990 - Am Soc Microbiol
The single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) of Escherichia coli is involved in all aspects
of DNA metabolism: replication, repair, and recombination. In solution, the protein exists as a …

A single-stranded DNA-binding protein is needed for efficient presynaptic complex formation by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad51 protein

T Sugiyama, EM Zaitseva… - Journal of Biological …, 1997 - ASBMB
Protein-promoted DNA strand exchange requires formation of an active presynaptic complex
between the DNA-pairing protein and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). Formation of such a …

The RecA Protein: Structure and Functio

AI Roca, MM Cox, SL Brenner - Critical reviews in biochemistry …, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
The year 1990 marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery and naming of the recA gene of
Escherichia coli by Clark and Margulies.'The recA protein is a central component in the …

Protein interactions in genetic recombination in Escherichia coli. Interactions involving RecO and RecR overcome the inhibition of RecA by single-stranded DNA …

K Umezu, RD Kolodner - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1994 - ASBMB
RecA promotes homologous pairing of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) with double-stranded
DNA (dsDNA). This reaction occurs inefficiently if the ssDNA substrate is preincubated with …

[PDF][PDF] Biochemistry of genetic recombination: energetics and mechanism of DNA strand exchange

S Kowalczykowski - Annual review of biophysics and …, 1991 - microbiology.ucdavis.edu
540 KOWALCZYKOWSKI a protein essential for homologous recombination in E. coli,
promotes the pairing and exchange of strands between homologous DNA molecules. The …

Homologous recombination proteins in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

R Camerini-Otero, P Hsieh - Annual review of genetics, 1995 - go.gale.com
Homologous recombination is a class of genetic recombination where joining of the DNA
duplexes takes place in the absence of specific protein-DNA sites. Since the exchange can …

[HTML][HTML] The human Rad51 protein: polarity of strand transfer and stimulation by hRP‐A

P Baumann, SC West - The EMBO journal, 1997 - embopress.org
The human Rad51 protein is homologous to the Escherichia coli RecA protein and catalyses
homologous pairing and strand transfer reactions in vitro. Using single‐stranded circular …

Escherichia coli RecO protein anneals ssDNA complexed with its cognate ssDNA-binding protein: A common step in genetic recombination

N Kantake, MVVM Madiraju… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
We present biochemical evidence for the functional similarity of Escherichia coli RecO
protein and bacteriophage T4 UvsY protein to eukaryotic Rad52 protein. Although Rad52 …