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dnaB replicative DNA helicase [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 948555, updated on 3-Dec-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
dnaB
Official Full Name
replicative DNA helicase
Primary source
ECOCYC:EG10236
Locus tag
b4052
See related
ASAP:ABE-0013269
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
PROVISIONAL
Organism
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 (strain: K-12, substrain: MG1655)
Lineage
Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
Also known as
ECK4044; groP; grpA; grpD
Summary
The dnaB gene is essential. [More information is available at EcoGene: EG10236]. DnaB, the replicative DNA helicase, processively unwinds DNA at replication forks in advance of DNA polymerase. [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG10236].
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Genomic context

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Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (4264314..4265729)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene phage shock protein G Neighboring gene ncRNA Neighboring gene putative quinone oxidoreductase 1 Neighboring gene alanine racemase 1 Neighboring gene tyrosine aminotransferase

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:
NC_000913.3

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Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Expression of the dnaB gene of Escherichia coli is inducible by replication-blocking DNA damage in a recA-independent manner. Kleinsteuber S, et al. Mol Gen Genet, 1995 Oct 25. PMID 7476872
  2. Flexibility of the rings: structural asymmetry in the DnaB hexameric helicase. Yang S, et al. J Mol Biol, 2002 Aug 30. PMID 12206765
  3. DnaB drives DNA branch migration and dislodges proteins while encircling two DNA strands. Kaplan DL, et al. Mol Cell, 2002 Sep. PMID 12408831
  4. Oligomeric structure of Escherichia coli primary replicative helicase DnaB protein. Bujalowski W, et al. J Biol Chem, 1994 Dec 16. PMID 7989299
  5. Analysis of the endA mutation of Escherichia coli K12 strains: JM103 behaves like endA+ wild-type strains. Wnendt S. Biotechniques, 1994 Aug. PMID 7980923

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

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  1. Concerted actions of DnaA complexes with DNA-unwinding sequences within and flanking replication origin oriC promote DnaB helicase loading.
    Title: Concerted actions of DnaA complexes with DNA-unwinding sequences within and flanking replication origin oriC promote DnaB helicase loading.
  2. The molecular coupling between substrate recognition and ATP turnover in a AAA+ hexameric helicase loader.
    Title: The molecular coupling between substrate recognition and ATP turnover in a AAA+ hexameric helicase loader.
  3. DnaB helicase dynamics in bacterial DNA replication resolved by single-molecule studies.
    Title: DnaB helicase dynamics in bacterial DNA replication resolved by single-molecule studies.
  4. Data show how DnaC opens the DnaB ring and represses the helicase prior to DNA binding and how DnaC ATPase activity is reciprocally regulated by DnaB and DNA.
    Title: Physical Basis for the Loading of a Bacterial Replicative Helicase onto DNA.
  5. The authors show that five copies of bacteriophage lambda helicase loader (lambdaP) bind at Escherichia coli DnaB subunit interfaces and reconfigure the helicase into an open spiral conformation that is intermediate to previously observed closed ring and closed spiral forms; reconfiguration also produces openings large enough to admit single-stranded DNA into the inner chamber.
    Title: Mechanisms of opening and closing of the bacterial replicative helicase.
  6. we propose that DnaC controls the ability of DnaB to interact with primase by modifying the conformation of the N-terminal domain of DnaB
    Title: DnaC, the indispensable companion of DnaB helicase, controls the accessibility of DnaB helicase by primase.
  7. Thus, imbalances in levels of the replicative helicase and helicase loader can inhibit replication both via inhibition of DnaB6-DnaC6 complex formation with excess DnaB, as shown here, and promotion of formation of DnaB6-DnaC6 complexes with excess DnaC.
    Title: Overexpression of the Replicative Helicase in Escherichia coli Inhibits Replication Initiation and Replication Fork Reloading.
  8. Data demonstrate that DnaC opens DnaB by a mechanism akin to that of polymerase clamp loaders and indicate that bacterial replicative helicases, like their eukaryotic counterparts, possess autoregulatory elements that influence how hexameric motor domains are loaded onto and unwind DNA.
    Title: The bacterial DnaC helicase loader is a DnaB ring breaker.
  9. The authors show that the binding of DnaA on the NrdAB promoter can either activate or repress transcription as a function of its concentration and its nucleotide-bound state.
    Title: DnaA-ATP acts as a molecular switch to control levels of ribonucleotide reductase expression in Escherichia coli.
  10. HpDnaB differs greatly from E.coli DnaB despite both being gram negative bacteria
    Title: Three-dimensional structure of N-terminal domain of DnaB helicase and helicase-primase interactions in Helicobacter pylori.
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Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables 5'-3' DNA helicase activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
enables ATP binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables ATP hydrolysis activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables ATP-dependent H2AZ histone chaperone activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables ATP-dependent H3-H4 histone complex chaperone activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables DNA binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables DNA clamp loader activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables DNA helicase activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables DNA helicase activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
enables DNA helicase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables chromatin extrusion motor activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables cohesin loader activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables double-stranded DNA helicase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables forked DNA-dependent helicase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables four-way junction helicase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables helicase activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
enables helicase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables hydrolase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables identical protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
 PubMed 
enables isomerase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
 PubMed 
enables single-stranded 3'-5' DNA helicase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in DNA duplex unwinding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in DNA replication IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
acts_upstream_of_or_within DNA replication IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in DNA replication initiation IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in DNA replication, synthesis of primer IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in DNA replication, synthesis of primer IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in DNA replication, synthesis of primer NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in DNA unwinding involved in DNA replication IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
acts_upstream_of_or_within DNA unwinding involved in DNA replication IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in DNA unwinding involved in DNA replication NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in chromatin looping IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in chromatin remodeling IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in replication fork processing NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within response to ionizing radiation IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
 PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
part_of DNA helicase complex IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
part_of DnaB-DnaC complex IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
 PubMed 
part_of DnaB-DnaC-DnaT-PriA-PriB complex NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
part_of DnaB-DnaC-DnaT-PriA-PriC complex NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
part_of DnaB-DnaC-Rep-PriC complex NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
part_of DnaB-DnaG complex IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
 PubMed 
is_active_in cytosol IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
located_in cytosol IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
part_of primosome complex IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
part_of primosome complex NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 
part_of replisome NAS
Non-traceable Author Statement
more info
 PubMed 

General protein information

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Preferred Names
replicative DNA helicase

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

    Range
    4264314..4265729
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_418476.1 replicative DNA helicase [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_418476.1

    Status: PROVISIONAL

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A5B9AM67, A0A792DQ47
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    PRK08006
    Location:1 → 471
    PRK08006; replicative DNA helicase DnaB
Nucleotide Protein
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