Inhibition of DNA replication by transformation in a Haemophilus influenzae mutant carrying an altered Rec-1 protein.
AUTOR(ES)
Kooistra, J
RESUMO
In the HM5 mutant of Haemophilus influenzae, which carries a mutation in the rec-1 gene region and in which the replication of donor-recipient DNA complexes formed in transformation is inhibited, the transformation frequency could be greatly enhanced by inhibition of protein synthesis during transformation, indicating that transformation in the HM5 mutant induces the synthesis of a protein that inhibits the replication of the donor-recipient DNA complexes. This induction occurred in an early step of the recombination. Synthesis of the wild-type Rec-1 protein after transformation of the HM5 mutant with wild-type DNA could diminish the inhibiting effect on DNA replication. The HM5 mutant synthesized an altered Rec-1 protein (molecular weight, 38,000) whose pI differed from that of the wild type. As a result of the mutation in the rec-1 gene, two other proteins (molecular weights, 37,500 and 43,000) are lacking in the HM5 mutant.
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