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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 281, Issue 34, Pages 24647-24652Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M602429200
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The human mitochondrial transcription machinery generates the RNA primers needed for initiation of heavy strand DNA synthesis. Most DNA replication events from the heavy strand origin are prematurely terminated, forming a persistent RNA-DNA hybrid, which remains annealed to the parental DNA strand. This triple-stranded structure is called the D-loop and encompasses the conserved sequence box II, a DNA element required for proper primer formation. We here use a purified recombinant mitochondrial transcription system and demonstrate that conserved sequence box II is a sequence-dependent transcription termination element in vitro. Transcription from the light strand promoter is prematurely terminated at positions 300-282 in the mitochondrial genome, which coincide with the major RNA-DNA transition points in the D-loop of human mitochondria. Based on our findings, we propose a model for primer formation at the origin of heavy strand DNA replication.
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