• Title of article

    Role of Interaction between Two Silkworm RecA Homologs in Homologous DNA Pairing

  • Author/Authors

    Kusakabe، نويسنده , , Takahiro and Kawaguchi، نويسنده , , Yutaka and Maeda، نويسنده , , Takuji and Koga، نويسنده , , Katsumi، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    39
  • To page
    44
  • Abstract
    Recombinant BmRad51 and BmDmc1, silkworm homologs of the Escherichia coli RecA proteins catalyzing the homologous DNA pairing, were purified from E. coli cells carrying expression vectors. These possessed different enzymatic properties in the joint molecule formation between single-stranded circular DNA and homologous linear double-stranded DNA. The requirement of single-stranded circular DNA for the efficient reaction was twofold higher in BmRad51 than in BmDmc1. Although able to mediate the joint molecule formation independently, a complex of the two enzymes formed prior to single-stranded DNA binding was found to have augmented efficiency of the pairing reaction.
  • Keywords
    dmc1 , meiotic recombination , Bombyx mori , homologous DNA pairing , Rad51
  • Journal title
    Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Record number

    1617824