Unveiling novel RecO distant orthologues involved in homologous recombination.
The generation of a RecA filament on single-stranded DNA is a critical step in homologous recombination. Two main pathways leading to the formation of the nucleofilament have been identified in bacteria, based on the protein complexes mediating RecA loading: RecBCD (AddAB) and RecFOR. Many bacterial...
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| author | Stéphanie Marsin Aurélie Mathieu Thierry Kortulewski Raphaël Guérois J Pablo Radicella |
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| description | The generation of a RecA filament on single-stranded DNA is a critical step in homologous recombination. Two main pathways leading to the formation of the nucleofilament have been identified in bacteria, based on the protein complexes mediating RecA loading: RecBCD (AddAB) and RecFOR. Many bacterial species seem to lack some of the components involved in these complexes. The current annotation of the Helicobacter pylori genome suggests that this highly diverse bacterial pathogen has a reduced set of recombination mediator proteins. While it is now clear that homologous recombination plays a critical role in generating H. pylori diversity by allowing genomic DNA rearrangements and integration through transformation of exogenous DNA into the chromosome, no complete mediator complex is deduced from the sequence of its genome. Here we show by bioinformatics analysis the presence of a RecO remote orthologue that allowed the identification of a new set of RecO proteins present in all bacterial species where a RecR but not RecO was previously identified. HpRecO shares less than 15% identity with previously characterized homologues. Genetic dissection of recombination pathways shows that this novel RecO and the remote RecB homologue present in H. pylori are functional in repair and in RecA-dependent intrachromosomal recombination, defining two initiation pathways with little overlap. We found, however, that neither RecOR nor RecB contributes to transformation, suggesting the presence of a third, specialized, RecA-dependent pathway responsible for the integration of transforming DNA into the chromosome of this naturally competent bacteria. These results provide insight into the mechanisms that this successful pathogen uses to generate genetic diversity and adapt to changing environments and new hosts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-132a908fca36413b97edc172c6a59d0c2022-12-22T03:16:50ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Genetics1553-73901553-74042008-08-0148e100014610.1371/journal.pgen.1000146Unveiling novel RecO distant orthologues involved in homologous recombination.Stéphanie MarsinAurélie MathieuThierry KortulewskiRaphaël GuéroisJ Pablo RadicellaThe generation of a RecA filament on single-stranded DNA is a critical step in homologous recombination. Two main pathways leading to the formation of the nucleofilament have been identified in bacteria, based on the protein complexes mediating RecA loading: RecBCD (AddAB) and RecFOR. Many bacterial species seem to lack some of the components involved in these complexes. The current annotation of the Helicobacter pylori genome suggests that this highly diverse bacterial pathogen has a reduced set of recombination mediator proteins. While it is now clear that homologous recombination plays a critical role in generating H. pylori diversity by allowing genomic DNA rearrangements and integration through transformation of exogenous DNA into the chromosome, no complete mediator complex is deduced from the sequence of its genome. Here we show by bioinformatics analysis the presence of a RecO remote orthologue that allowed the identification of a new set of RecO proteins present in all bacterial species where a RecR but not RecO was previously identified. HpRecO shares less than 15% identity with previously characterized homologues. Genetic dissection of recombination pathways shows that this novel RecO and the remote RecB homologue present in H. pylori are functional in repair and in RecA-dependent intrachromosomal recombination, defining two initiation pathways with little overlap. We found, however, that neither RecOR nor RecB contributes to transformation, suggesting the presence of a third, specialized, RecA-dependent pathway responsible for the integration of transforming DNA into the chromosome of this naturally competent bacteria. These results provide insight into the mechanisms that this successful pathogen uses to generate genetic diversity and adapt to changing environments and new hosts.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2475510?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Stéphanie Marsin Aurélie Mathieu Thierry Kortulewski Raphaël Guérois J Pablo Radicella Unveiling novel RecO distant orthologues involved in homologous recombination. PLoS Genetics |
| title | Unveiling novel RecO distant orthologues involved in homologous recombination. |
| title_full | Unveiling novel RecO distant orthologues involved in homologous recombination. |
| title_fullStr | Unveiling novel RecO distant orthologues involved in homologous recombination. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unveiling novel RecO distant orthologues involved in homologous recombination. |
| title_short | Unveiling novel RecO distant orthologues involved in homologous recombination. |
| title_sort | unveiling novel reco distant orthologues involved in homologous recombination |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2475510?pdf=render |
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