期刊
EMBO JOURNAL
卷 27, 期 9, 页码 1388-1398出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.69
关键词
ATPase; helicase; molecular motor; single molecule; stopped flow
资金
- Wellcome Trust [067439] Funding Source: Medline
The Type I restriction-modification enzyme EcoR124I is an archetypical helicase-based dsDNA translocase that moves unidirectionally along the 30-50 strand of intact duplex DNA. Using a combination of ensemble and single-molecule measurements, we provide estimates of two physicochemical constants that are fundamental to a full description of motor protein activity-the ATP coupling efficiency (the number of ATP consumed per base pair) and the step size (the number of base pairs transported per motor step). Our data indicate that EcoR124I makes small steps along the DNA of 1 bp in length with 1 ATP consumed per step, but with some uncoupling of the ATPase and translocase cycles occurring so that the average number of ATP consumed per base pair slightly exceeds unity. Our observations form a framework for understanding energy coupling in a great many other motors that translocate along dsDNA rather than ssDNA.
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