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Galvão,C.W.; Souza,E.M.; Etto,R.M.; Pedrosa,F.O.; Chubatsu,L.S.; Yates,M.G.; Schumacher,J.; Buck,M.; Steffens,M.B.R.. |
DNA repair is crucial to the survival of all organisms. The bacterial RecA protein is a central component in the SOS response and in recombinational and SOS DNA repairs. The RecX protein has been characterized as a negative modulator of RecA activity in many bacteria. The recA and recX genes of Herbaspirillum seropedicae constitute a single operon, and evidence suggests that RecX participates in SOS repair. In the present study, we show that the H. seropedicae RecX protein (RecX Hs) can interact with the H. seropedicaeRecA protein (RecA Hs) and that RecA Hs possesses ATP binding, ATP hydrolyzing and DNA strand exchange activities. RecX Hs inhibited 90% of the RecA Hs DNA strand exchange activity even when present in a 50-fold lower molar concentration than... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: RecA; RecX; Herbaspirillum seropedicae; SOS repair. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012001200004 |
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