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In silico identification of a multi-functional regulatory protein involved in Holliday junction resolution in bacteria
BACKGROUND: Homologous recombination is a fundamental cellular process that is most widely used by cells to rearrange genes and accurately repair DNA double-strand breaks. It may result in the formation of a critical intermediate named Holliday junction, which is a four-way DNA junction and needs to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3403352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23046553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-0509-6-S1-S20 |
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author | Zhang, Yan Lin, Jie Gao, Yang |
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description | BACKGROUND: Homologous recombination is a fundamental cellular process that is most widely used by cells to rearrange genes and accurately repair DNA double-strand breaks. It may result in the formation of a critical intermediate named Holliday junction, which is a four-way DNA junction and needs to be resolved to allow chromosome segregation. Different Holliday junction resolution systems and enzymes have been characterized from all three domains of life. In bacteria, the RuvABC complex is the most important resolution system. RESULTS: In this study, we conducted comparative genomics studies to identify a novel DNA-binding protein, YebC, which may serve as a key transcriptional regulator that mainly regulates the gene expression of RuvABC resolvasome in bacteria. On the other hand, the presence of YebC orthologs in some organisms lacking RuvC implied that it might participate in other biological processes. Further phylogenetic analysis of YebC protein sequences revealed two functionally different subtypes: YebC_I and YebC_II. Distribution of YebC_I is much wider than YebC_II. Only YebC_I proteins may play an important role in regulating RuvABC gene expression in bacteria. Investigation of YebC-like proteins in eukaryotes suggested that they may have originated from YebC_II proteins and evolved a new function as a specific translational activator in mitochondria. Finally, additional phylum-specific genes associated with Holliday junction resolution were predicted. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, our data provide new insights into the basic mechanism of Holliday junction resolution and homologous recombination in bacteria. |
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spelling | pubmed-34033522012-07-27 In silico identification of a multi-functional regulatory protein involved in Holliday junction resolution in bacteria Zhang, Yan Lin, Jie Gao, Yang BMC Syst Biol Research BACKGROUND: Homologous recombination is a fundamental cellular process that is most widely used by cells to rearrange genes and accurately repair DNA double-strand breaks. It may result in the formation of a critical intermediate named Holliday junction, which is a four-way DNA junction and needs to be resolved to allow chromosome segregation. Different Holliday junction resolution systems and enzymes have been characterized from all three domains of life. In bacteria, the RuvABC complex is the most important resolution system. RESULTS: In this study, we conducted comparative genomics studies to identify a novel DNA-binding protein, YebC, which may serve as a key transcriptional regulator that mainly regulates the gene expression of RuvABC resolvasome in bacteria. On the other hand, the presence of YebC orthologs in some organisms lacking RuvC implied that it might participate in other biological processes. Further phylogenetic analysis of YebC protein sequences revealed two functionally different subtypes: YebC_I and YebC_II. Distribution of YebC_I is much wider than YebC_II. Only YebC_I proteins may play an important role in regulating RuvABC gene expression in bacteria. Investigation of YebC-like proteins in eukaryotes suggested that they may have originated from YebC_II proteins and evolved a new function as a specific translational activator in mitochondria. Finally, additional phylum-specific genes associated with Holliday junction resolution were predicted. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, our data provide new insights into the basic mechanism of Holliday junction resolution and homologous recombination in bacteria. BioMed Central 2012-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3403352/ /pubmed/23046553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-0509-6-S1-S20 Text en Copyright ©2012 Zhang et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Zhang, Yan Lin, Jie Gao, Yang In silico identification of a multi-functional regulatory protein involved in Holliday junction resolution in bacteria |
title | In silico identification of a multi-functional regulatory protein involved in Holliday junction resolution in bacteria |
title_full | In silico identification of a multi-functional regulatory protein involved in Holliday junction resolution in bacteria |
title_fullStr | In silico identification of a multi-functional regulatory protein involved in Holliday junction resolution in bacteria |
title_full_unstemmed | In silico identification of a multi-functional regulatory protein involved in Holliday junction resolution in bacteria |
title_short | In silico identification of a multi-functional regulatory protein involved in Holliday junction resolution in bacteria |
title_sort | in silico identification of a multi-functional regulatory protein involved in holliday junction resolution in bacteria |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3403352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23046553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-0509-6-S1-S20 |
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