Prescott's Microbiology
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Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 3CHI
DNA polymerase I (Pol I) of E. coli consists of three functional parts (domains): an N-terminal domain with 5' to 3' exonuclease activity required for removal of the RNA primer, a central domain responsible for 3' to 5' exonuclease proofreading, and a C-terminal domain with polymerase activity. Pol I is thought to simultaneously remove RNA primers and fill in the gaps that result (figure 13.14). A group of proteins known as RNaseH also have 5' to 3' exonuclease activity and can thus remove RNA primers. However, they lack the other two functions observed for Pol 1. Predict the ability of the following mutants to replicate DNA: (1) a strain with a mutant gene encoding Pol I such that it no longer has polymerase activity (but retains both types of nuclease activities); (2) a strain without RNaseH proteins; (3) a strain with a mutant gene encoding Pol I such that it no longer has 5' to 3' exonuclease activity (but retains 3' to 5' nuclease and polymerase activities); (4) a strain with the mutant Pol I described in (3) and a strain lacking all RNaseH proteins. Explain your reasoning for each.
Read the original paper: Fukushima, S., et al. 2008. Reassessment of the in vivo functions of DNA polymerase I and RNaseH in bacterial cell growth. J. Bacteriol. 189:8575.
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