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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 44, Issue 5, Pages 2417-2428Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1539
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- Wellcome Trust [062973]
- Medical Research Council [92141]
- MRC [MC_EX_G0901251] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_EX_G0901251] Funding Source: researchfish
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Antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria is a continual threat to human health, often residing in extrachromosomal plasmid DNA. Plasmids of the pT181 family are widespread and confer various antibiotic resistances to Staphylococcus aureus. They replicate via a rolling circle mechanism that requires a multi-functional, plasmid-encoded replication protein to initiate replication, recruit a helicase to the site of initiation and terminate replication after DNA synthesis is complete. We present the first atomic resolution structures of three such replication proteins that reveal distinct, functionally relevant conformations. The proteins possess a unique active site and have been shown to contain a catalytically essential metal ion that is bound in a manner distinct from that of any other rolling circle replication proteins. These structures are the first examples of the Rep trans Pfam family providing insights into the replication of numerous antibiotic resistance plasmids from Grampositive bacteria, Gram-negative phage and the mobilisation of DNA by conjugative transposons.
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