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T1 - E. coli SbcCD and RecA control chromosomal rearrangement induced by an interrupted palindrome
AU - Darmon, Elise
AU - Eykelenboom, John K
AU - Lincker, Frédéric
AU - Jones, Lucy H
AU - White, Martin
AU - Okely, Ewa
AU - Blackwood, John K
AU - Leach, David R
N1 - 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/7/9
Y1 - 2010/7/9
N2 - Survival and genome stability are critical characteristics of healthy cells. DNA palindromes pose a threat to genome stability and have been shown to participate in a reaction leading to the formation of inverted chromosome duplications centered around themselves. There is considerable interest in the mechanism of this rearrangement given its likely contribution to genome instability in cancer cells. This study shows that formation of large inverted chromosome duplications can be observed in the chromosome of Escherichia coli. They are formed at the site of a 246 bp interrupted DNA palindrome in the absence of the hairpin nuclease SbcCD and the recombination protein RecA. The genetic requirements for this spontaneous rearrangement are consistent with a pathway involving DNA degradation and hairpin formation, as opposed to a cruciform cleavage pathway. Accordingly, the formation of palindrome-dependent hairpin intermediates can be induced by an adjacent DNA double-stand break.
AB - Survival and genome stability are critical characteristics of healthy cells. DNA palindromes pose a threat to genome stability and have been shown to participate in a reaction leading to the formation of inverted chromosome duplications centered around themselves. There is considerable interest in the mechanism of this rearrangement given its likely contribution to genome instability in cancer cells. This study shows that formation of large inverted chromosome duplications can be observed in the chromosome of Escherichia coli. They are formed at the site of a 246 bp interrupted DNA palindrome in the absence of the hairpin nuclease SbcCD and the recombination protein RecA. The genetic requirements for this spontaneous rearrangement are consistent with a pathway involving DNA degradation and hairpin formation, as opposed to a cruciform cleavage pathway. Accordingly, the formation of palindrome-dependent hairpin intermediates can be induced by an adjacent DNA double-stand break.
KW - Base Pairing
KW - Chromosomes, Bacterial
KW - DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
KW - DNA Replication
KW - DNA, Bacterial
KW - Deoxyribonucleases
KW - Escherichia coli
KW - Escherichia coli Proteins
KW - Exonucleases
KW - Gene Rearrangement
KW - Inverted Repeat Sequences
KW - Microscopy
KW - Models, Biological
KW - Rec A Recombinases
KW - Recombination, Genetic
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.06.011
DO - 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.06.011
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20603075
VL - 39
SP - 59
EP - 70
JO - Molecular Cell
JF - Molecular Cell
SN - 1097-2765
IS - 1
ER -