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  • Title: RNase H and replication of ColE1 DNA in Escherichia coli.
    Author: Naito S, Uchida H.
    Journal: J Bacteriol; 1986 Apr; 166(1):143-7. PubMed ID: 2870052.
    Abstract:
    Amber mutations within the rnh (RNase H) gene of Escherichia coli K-12 were isolated by selecting for bacteria capable of replicating in a sup+ background replication-defective cer-6 mutant of the ColE1 replicon. The cer-6 mutation is an alteration of one base pair located 160 nucleotides upstream of the unique replication origin of this plasmid. Subsequently, we determined the DNA alterations present within these mutants. ColE1 DNA replicated in rnh(Am) recA cells, indicating that (i) RNase H, which has been shown to be absolutely required for in vitro initiation of ColE1 DNA replication, is dispensable in vivo, and (ii) ColE1 replication in the absence of RNase H is not dependent on "stable DNA replication," which has been reported to be an alternative mode of chromosomal DNA replication. Another class of bacterial mutations was also isolated. These mutations, named herB, suppressed cer-6 replication in rnh+ bacteria. herB mutations mapped close to the polA gene on the E. coli chromosome and increased the activity of DNA polymerase I. These findings suggest that when the DNA polymerase I has an opportunity to initiate DNA synthesis before RNase H acts, the replication-defective cer-6 mutant or the wild-type ColE1 replicates in E. coli.
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