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Kinetic Measurement of the Step Size of DNA Unwinding by Bacteriophage T7 DNA Helicase gp4

T7 박테리오파지 gp4 DNA helicase에 의한 DNA unwinding에서 step size의 반응속도론적 측정

  • Kim, Dong-Eun (Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Dong-Eui University)
  • Published : 2004.02.01
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Abstract

T7 bacteriophage gp4 is the replicative DNA helicase that unwinds double-stranded DNA by utilizing dTTP hydrolysis energy. The quaternary structure of the active form of T7 helicase is a hexameric ring with a central channel. Single-stranded DNA passes through the central channel of the hexameric ring as the helicase translocates $5'\rightarrow3'$ along the single-stranded DNA. The DNA unwinding was measured by rapid kinetic methods and showed a lag before the single-stranded DNA started to accumulate exponentially. This behavior was analyzed by a kinetic stepping model for the unwinding process. The observed lag phase increased as predicted by the model with increasing double-stranded DNA length. Trap DNA added in the reaction had no effect on the amplitudes of double-stranded DNA unwound, indicating that the $\tau7$ helicase is a highly processive helicase. Global fitting of the kinetic data to the stepping model provided a kinetic step size of 10-11 bp/step with a rate of $3.7 s^{-1}$ per step. Both the mechanism of DNA unwinding and dTTP hydrolysis and the coupling between the two are unaffected by temperature from $4∼37^{\circ}C$. Thus, the kinetic stepping for dsDNA unwinding is an inherent property of tile replicative DNA helicase.

T7박테리오파지 gp4는 dTTP 가수분해에너지를 이용하여 DNA복제시 이중 나선 DNA를 단일가닥 DNA로 풀어내는 나선효소(helicase)이다. T7 나선효소의 활성형의 4차구조는 한가운데 구멍을 지닌 육량체 고리모양이다. 단일가닥 DNA는 나선효소가 $5'\rightarrow3'$방향으로 이동할 때 육량체 고리의 구멍으로 빠져나간다. 이러한 DNA의 이중나선 풀어헤침을 빠른 효소반응속도 측정법을 이용하여 정량적으로 측정하였으며, 그 결과 단일가닥 DNA 산물들이 생성되기 전에 지연상태(lag phase)가 존재함을 관찰하였다. 이러한 지연상태를 나선효소에 의한 이중나선 DNA의 풀어헤침이 속도론적 단계과정(kinetic stepping)을 거친다는 모델로써 분석하였다. 예상대로 이중나선의 길이가 클수록 지연상태의 지속시간이 늘어났다. $\tau7$ 나선효소가 이중나선 DNA를 풀어내는 과정에서 넣어준 trap DNA는 풀어내는 이중나선 DNA의 양을 변화시키지 못하여서, $\tau7$ 나선효소가 매우 큰 공정성을 지닌 효소임을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 속도론적 data를 global fitting법을 써서 kinetic stepping 모델에 적용한 결과 매 단계(step)마다 10∼l개의 염기쌍이 풀려지고 1초당 3.7번의 step이 일어난다는 것을 알 수 있었다. DNA 풀어헤침과 dTTP가수분해의 메커니즘과 이들의 연계성은 $4∼37^{\circ}C$사이의 온도범위에서 영향을 받지 않았다. 이상을 종합할 때, T7나선효소의 이중나선 DNA의 풀어헤침 시 나타나는 속도론적 단계과정은 DNA복제 시 이용되는 나선효소의 내재적 속성임을 알 수 있다.

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