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Assembly of a fragmented ribonucleotide reductase by protein interaction domains derived from a mobile genetic element.
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics.
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2011 (English)In: Nucleic Acids Research, ISSN 0305-1048, E-ISSN 1362-4962, Vol. 39, no 4, p. 1381-9Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) is a critical enzyme of nucleotide metabolism, synthesizing precursors for DNA replication and repair. In prokaryotic genomes, RNR genes are commonly targeted by mobile genetic elements, including free standing and intron-encoded homing endonucleases and inteins. Here, we describe a unique molecular solution to assemble a functional product from the RNR large subunit gene, nrdA that has been fragmented into two smaller genes by the insertion of mobE, a mobile endonuclease. We show that unique sequences that originated during the mobE insertion and that are present as C- and N-terminal tails on the split NrdA-a and NrdA-b polypeptides, are absolutely essential for enzymatic activity. Our data are consistent with the tails functioning as protein interaction domains to assemble the tetrameric (NrdA-a/NrdA-b)(2) large subunit necessary for a functional RNR holoenzyme. The tails represent a solution distinct from RNA and protein splicing or programmed DNA rearrangements to restore function from a fragmented coding region and may represent a general mechanism to neutralize fragmentation of essential genes by mobile genetic elements.

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Oxford Journals , 2011. Vol. 39, no 4, p. 1381-9
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-41107DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq924PubMedID: 20972217Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-79952358827OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-41107DiVA, id: diva2:404691
Available from: 2011-03-18 Created: 2011-03-18 Last updated: 2023-03-23Bibliographically approved

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