Polycation graft copolymers accelerating DNA strand exchange: Involvement of ionic interaction

Activation of DNA strand exchange by cationic comb-type copolymers: effect of cationic moieties of the copolymers

We have previously reported that poly(l-lysine)-graft-dextran cationic comb-type copolymers accelerate strand exchange reaction between duplex DNA and its complementary single strand by >4 orders of magnitude, while stabilizing duplex. However, the stabilization of the duplex is considered principally unfavourable for the accelerating activity since the strand exchange reaction requires, at lea...

Ionic Copolymers for Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (AAEMFCs)

DNA Strand Exchange Promoted by RecA K72R

Replacement of lysine 72 in RecA protein with arginine produces a mutant protein that binds but does not hydrolyze ATP. The protein nevertheless promotes DNA strand exchange (Rehrauer, W. M., and Kowalczykowski, S. C. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 1292–1297). With RecA K72R protein, the formation of the hybrid DNA product of strand exchange is greatly affected by the concentration of Mg in ways th...

Homologous pairing and DNA strand-exchange proteins.

PRINCIPLES OF HOMOLOGOUS PAIRING AND DNA STRAND EXCHANGE . Homologous Pairing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . DNA Strand Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energetic Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Experimental Assays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Coupling of DNA helicase function to DNA strand exchange activity.

1. Introduction DNA repair can occur by a variety of mechanistically distinct pathways [for review, see (1)]. Recombinational DNA repair is one such pathway, and it requires the coordinated action of many different enzymes. In the best studied organism, Escherichia coli, more than 20 different proteins are involved [for review, see (2)]. The recombinational repair of a double-stranded DNA (dsDN...