Isolation of Supercoiled Colicinogenic Factor E 1 DNA Sensitive to Ribonuclease and Alkali
- 1 September 1972
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 69 (9), 2518-2522
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.69.9.2518
Abstract
The synthesis of the covalently-closed, circular DNA form of colicinogenic factor E(1) (ColE(1)) continues in Escherichia coli cells after the addition of chloramphenicol. A large portion of the purified supercoiled ColE(1) DNA molecules made in the presence of chloramphenicol are converted to the open circular DNA form after treatment with alkali (pH 13), RNase A, or RNase H. These treatments do not significantly affect the covalently-closed form of ColE(1) DNA isolated from normally growing E. coli cells. The open circular product resulting from treatment of supercoiled ColE(1) DNA with RNase A possesses a single break in one strand of the circular duplex. The site sensitive to RNase A occurs with equal probability in either of the complementary strands. Both synthesis of ColE(1) DNA and the formation of supercoiled ColE(1) DNA sensitive to RNase A or alkali are prevented by the inhibitor of RNA synthesis, rifampicin. These results indicate that covalently-closed ColE(1) DNA containing one or more ribonucleotides accumulates during ColE(1) replication in the presence of chloramphenicol. It is proposed that this incorporated RNA served as a primer during the initiation of synthesis of ColE(1) DNA and that its removal from the circular DNA is inhibited in cells incubated in the presence of chloramphenicol.Keywords
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