DisA Restrains the Processing and Cleavage of Reversed Replication Forks by the RuvAB-RecU Resolvasome

DNA lesions that impede fork progression cause replisome stalling and threaten genome stability. <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> RecA, at a lesion-containing gap, interacts with and facilitates DisA pausing at these branched intermediates. Paused DisA suppresses its synthesis of the essential c...

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Auteurs principaux: Carolina Gándara, Rubén Torres, Begoña Carrasco, Silvia Ayora, Juan C. Alonso
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Langue:EN
Publié: MDPI AG 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/baa81b4f188b4ffa8959324883e7bcf4
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Résumé:DNA lesions that impede fork progression cause replisome stalling and threaten genome stability. <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> RecA, at a lesion-containing gap, interacts with and facilitates DisA pausing at these branched intermediates. Paused DisA suppresses its synthesis of the essential c-di-AMP messenger. The RuvAB-RecU resolvasome branch migrates and resolves formed Holliday junctions (HJ). We show that DisA prevents DNA degradation. DisA, which interacts with RuvB, binds branched structures, and reduces the RuvAB DNA-dependent ATPase activity. DisA pre-bound to HJ DNA limits RuvAB and RecU activities, but such inhibition does not occur if the RuvAB- or RecU-HJ DNA complexes are pre-formed. RuvAB or RecU pre-bound to HJ DNA strongly inhibits DisA-mediated synthesis of c-di-AMP, and indirectly blocks cell proliferation. We propose that DisA limits RuvAB-mediated fork remodeling and RecU-mediated HJ cleavage to provide time for damage removal and replication restart in order to preserve genome integrity.