The sub-cellular localization of Sulfolobus DNA replication

Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jul;40(12):5487-96. doi: 10.1093/nar/gks217. Epub 2012 Mar 8.

Abstract

Analyses of the DNA replication-associated proteins of hyperthermophilic archaea have yielded considerable insight into the structure and biochemical function of these evolutionarily conserved factors. However, little is known about the regulation and progression of DNA replication in the context of archaeal cells. In the current work, we describe the generation of strains of Sulfolobus solfataricus and Sulfolobus acidocaldarius that allow the incorporation of nucleoside analogues during DNA replication. We employ this technology, in conjunction with immunolocalization analyses of replisomes, to investigate the sub-cellular localization of nascent DNA and replisomes. Our data reveal a peripheral localization of replisomes in the cell. Furthermore, while the two replication forks emerging from any one of the three replication origins in the Sulfolobus chromosome remain in close proximity, the three origin loci are separated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bromodeoxyuridine / analysis
  • Cell Cycle
  • DNA Replication*
  • DNA, Archaeal / analysis
  • DNA, Archaeal / biosynthesis*
  • DNA, Archaeal / chemistry
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / analysis
  • Deoxyuridine / analogs & derivatives
  • Deoxyuridine / analysis
  • Multienzyme Complexes / analysis
  • Sulfolobus acidocaldarius / genetics*
  • Sulfolobus acidocaldarius / metabolism
  • Sulfolobus solfataricus / genetics*
  • Sulfolobus solfataricus / metabolism

Substances

  • DNA, Archaeal
  • Multienzyme Complexes
  • DNA synthesome
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
  • Bromodeoxyuridine
  • 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine
  • Deoxyuridine