Abstract
Phage G4 origin of complementary DNA strand synthesis (oric) consists of three stable stem-loop structures (I, II, and III). Mutant oric sequences with alterations in the structure of stem-loop II, stem-loop III, and the stem-loop II-III spacer region have been constructed and cloned into the filamentous phage vectors to assay their functional activity. Changes in the lowermost GC base pair in the stem of stem-loop III, in the 9-bp spacer region between the stems of stem-loops II and III, and in the loop of stem-loop II, impair or abolish in vivo oric function. The results suggest that recognition sequences for dnaG primase must be present in the loop of stem-loop II, and in the spacer region between the stems of stem-loops II and III.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 323-330 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Gene |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 30 1988 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Dr. N. Nomura for providingu s with bacteriaal ndp hages trains,a ndDr. H. Ohkawaf or providingu s with syntheticD NAs. This work was fundedb y PublicH ealthS erviceG rant GM38292t o G.N.G.
Keywords
- Bacteriophage genome replication
- M13 phage vector
- RNA primer
- cloned ori
- dnaG primase
- mutants
- recombinant DNA
- stem-loop structures