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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 21, Issue 3, Pages 417-425Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.12.013
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM054226] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust [064414] Funding Source: Medline
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The Snf2 family represents a functionally diverse class of ATPase sharing the ability to modify DNA structure. Here, we use a magnetic trap and an atomic force microscope to monitor the activity of a member of this class: the RSC complex. This enzyme caused transient shortenings in DNA length involving translocation of typically 400 bp within 2 s, resulting in the formation of a loop whose size depended on both the force applied to the DNA and the ATP concentration. The majority of loops then decrease in size within a time similar to that with which they are formed, suggesting that the motor has the ability to reverse its direction. Loop formation was also associated with the generation of negative DNA supercoils. These observations support the idea that the ATPase motors of the Snf2 family of proteins act as DNA translocases specialized to generate transient distortions in DNA structure.
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