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Intersubunit coordination in a homomeric ring ATPase

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  • Jeffrey R. Moffitt

    (Department of Physics and Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics,)

  • Yann R. Chemla

    (Department of Physics and Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics,
    Present address: Department of Physics and Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.)

  • K. Aathavan

    (Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA)

  • Shelley Grimes

    (Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences,)

  • Paul J. Jardine

    (Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences,)

  • Dwight L. Anderson

    (Department of Diagnostic and Biological Sciences,
    University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA)

  • Carlos Bustamante

    (Department of Physics and Jason L. Choy Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics,
    Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
    Chemistry, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA)

Abstract

Homomeric ring ATPases perform many vital and varied tasks in the cell, ranging from chromosome segregation to protein degradation. Here we report the direct observation of the intersubunit coordination and step size of such a ring ATPase, the double-stranded-DNA packaging motor in the bacteriophage ϕ29. Using high-resolution optical tweezers, we find that packaging occurs in increments of 10 base pairs (bp). Statistical analysis of the preceding dwell times reveals that multiple ATPs bind during each dwell, and application of high force reveals that these 10-bp increments are composed of four 2.5-bp steps. These results indicate that the hydrolysis cycles of the individual subunits are highly coordinated by means of a mechanism novel for ring ATPases. Furthermore, a step size that is a non-integer number of base pairs demands new models for motor–DNA interactions.

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  • Jeffrey R. Moffitt & Yann R. Chemla & K. Aathavan & Shelley Grimes & Paul J. Jardine & Dwight L. Anderson & Carlos Bustamante, 2009. "Intersubunit coordination in a homomeric ring ATPase," Nature, Nature, vol. 457(7228), pages 446-450, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:457:y:2009:i:7228:d:10.1038_nature07637
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07637
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    1. Joshua I Glaser & Bradley M Zamft & Adam H Marblestone & Jeffrey R Moffitt & Keith Tyo & Edward S Boyden & George Church & Konrad P Kording, 2013. "Statistical Analysis of Molecular Signal Recording," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(7), pages 1-14, July.

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