DnaA
- Description: AAA+ ATPase, replication initiation protein
Gene name | dnaA |
Synonyms | dnaH, dnaJ, dnaK |
Essential | yes PubMed |
Product | replication initiation protein |
Function | DNA replication |
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: dnaA | |
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: DnaA | |
MW, pI | 50 kDa, 6.035 |
Gene length, protein length | 1338 bp, 446 aa |
Immediate neighbours | rpmH, dnaN |
Sequences | Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks |
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
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Expression at a glance PubMed |
Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
DNA replication, essential genes
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The DnaA regulon
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU00010
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential PubMed
Database entries
- BsubCyc: BSU00010
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- binds multiple regions in the oriC region, required for recruitment of proteins needed to load the replicative helicase DnaC
- Protein family: dnaA family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains: AAA+ domain
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- SirA displaces DnaA from the replication origin PubMed
- YabA inhibits co-operative binding of DnaA to the oriC DNA PubMed
- DnaA helix formation (and thus replication initiation) is inhibited by the interaction of either Soj, YabA or DnaN with the AAA+ domain of DnaA PubMed
- interaction with DnaD inhibits the ability of DnaA to cooperatively bind to DNA PubMed
- Interactions:
- DnaA assembles into a right-handed helical oligomer built upon interactions between neighbouring AAA+ domains PubMed
- Soj-DnaA PubMed
- DnaA-YabA PubMed
- DnaA-YabA-DnaN PubMed
- DnaA-DnaD PubMed
- SirA-DnaA (N-terminal domain) PubMed
- YqaH-DnaA PubMed
- part of the primosome: DnaA-DnaG-DnaC-DnaI-DnaD-DnaB PubMed
- Localization:
- throughout the cytoplasm PubMed
Database entries
- BsubCyc: BSU00010
- Structure:
- UniProt: P05648
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
- Philippe Noirot, Jouy-en-Josas, France homepage
- Peter Graumann, Freiburg University, Germany homepage
- Alan Grossman, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Heath Murray, Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Newcastle, UK homepage
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
Geoffrey S Briggs, Wiep Klaas Smits, Panos Soultanas
Chromosomal replication initiation machinery of low-G+C-content Firmicutes.
J Bacteriol: 2012, 194(19);5162-70
[PubMed:22797751]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
An-Chun Chien, Norbert S Hill, Petra Anne Levin
Cell size control in bacteria.
Curr Biol: 2012, 22(9);R340-9
[PubMed:22575476]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Alan C Leonard, Julia E Grimwade
Regulation of DnaA assembly and activity: taking directions from the genome.
Annu Rev Microbiol: 2011, 65;19-35
[PubMed:21639790]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Alan C Leonard, Julia E Grimwade
Regulating DnaA complex assembly: it is time to fill the gaps.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2010, 13(6);766-72
[PubMed:21035377]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Tsutomu Katayama, Shogo Ozaki, Kenji Keyamura, Kazuyuki Fujimitsu
Regulation of the replication cycle: conserved and diverse regulatory systems for DnaA and oriC.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2010, 8(3);163-70
[PubMed:20157337]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
The DnaA regulon
Original publications
Heath Murray, Alan Koh
Multiple regulatory systems coordinate DNA replication with cell growth in Bacillus subtilis.
PLoS Genet: 2014, 10(10);e1004731
[PubMed:25340815]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I e)
Katie H Jameson, Nadia Rostami, Mark J Fogg, Johan P Turkenburg, Anne Grahl, Heath Murray, Anthony J Wilkinson
Structure and interactions of the Bacillus subtilis sporulation inhibitor of DNA replication, SirA, with domain I of DnaA.
Mol Microbiol: 2014, 93(5);975-91
[PubMed:25041308]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Graham Scholefield, Heath Murray
YabA and DnaD inhibit helix assembly of the DNA replication initiation protein DnaA.
Mol Microbiol: 2013, 90(1);147-59
[PubMed:23909787]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Carla Y Bonilla, Alan D Grossman
The primosomal protein DnaD inhibits cooperative DNA binding by the replication initiator DnaA in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2012, 194(18);5110-7
[PubMed:22821970]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Norbert S Hill, Ryosuke Kadoya, Dhruba K Chattoraj, Petra Anne Levin
Cell size and the initiation of DNA replication in bacteria.
PLoS Genet: 2012, 8(3);e1002549
[PubMed:22396664]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Graham Scholefield, Jeff Errington, Heath Murray
Soj/ParA stalls DNA replication by inhibiting helix formation of the initiator protein DnaA.
EMBO J: 2012, 31(6);1542-55
[PubMed:22286949]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Hajime Okumura, Mika Yoshimura, Mikako Ueki, Taku Oshima, Naotake Ogasawara, Shu Ishikawa
Regulation of chromosomal replication initiation by oriC-proximal DnaA-box clusters in Bacillus subtilis.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2012, 40(1);220-34
[PubMed:21911367]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Houra Merrikh, Alan D Grossman
Control of the replication initiator DnaA by an anti-cooperativity factor.
Mol Microbiol: 2011, 82(2);434-46
[PubMed:21895792]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Lilah Rahn-Lee, Houra Merrikh, Alan D Grossman, Richard Losick
The sporulation protein SirA inhibits the binding of DnaA to the origin of replication by contacting a patch of clustered amino acids.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(6);1302-7
[PubMed:21239581]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Wiep Klaas Smits, Houra Merrikh, Carla Yaneth Bonilla, Alan D Grossman
Primosomal proteins DnaD and DnaB are recruited to chromosomal regions bound by DnaA in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(3);640-8
[PubMed:21097613]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Sharon E Hoover, Weihong Xu, Wenzhong Xiao, William F Burkholder
Changes in DnaA-dependent gene expression contribute to the transcriptional and developmental response of Bacillus subtilis to manganese limitation in Luria-Bertani medium.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(15);3915-24
[PubMed:20511500]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Wiep Klaas Smits, Alexi I Goranov, Alan D Grossman
Ordered association of helicase loader proteins with the Bacillus subtilis origin of replication in vivo.
Mol Microbiol: 2010, 75(2);452-61
[PubMed:19968790]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Alexi I Goranov, Adam M Breier, Houra Merrikh, Alan D Grossman
YabA of Bacillus subtilis controls DnaA-mediated replication initiation but not the transcriptional response to replication stress.
Mol Microbiol: 2009, 74(2);454-66
[PubMed:19737352]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Jennifer K Wagner, Kathleen A Marquis, David Z Rudner
SirA enforces diploidy by inhibiting the replication initiator DnaA during spore formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2009, 73(5);963-74
[PubMed:19682252]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Clarisse Defeu Soufo, Hervé Joël Defeu Soufo, Marie-Françoise Noirot-Gros, Astrid Steindorf, Philippe Noirot, Peter L Graumann
Cell-cycle-dependent spatial sequestration of the DnaA replication initiator protein in Bacillus subtilis.
Dev Cell: 2008, 15(6);935-41
[PubMed:19081080]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Adam M Breier, Alan D Grossman
Dynamic association of the replication initiator and transcription factor DnaA with the Bacillus subtilis chromosome during replication stress.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(2);486-93
[PubMed:19011033]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Heath Murray, Jeff Errington
Dynamic control of the DNA replication initiation protein DnaA by Soj/ParA.
Cell: 2008, 135(1);74-84
[PubMed:18854156]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Shu Ishikawa, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Mika Yoshimura, Hajime Okumura, Eunha Cho, Yoshikazu Kawai, Ken Kurokawa, Taku Oshima, Naotake Ogasawara
Distribution of stable DnaA-binding sites on the Bacillus subtilis genome detected using a modified ChIP-chip method.
DNA Res: 2007, 14(4);155-68
[PubMed:17932079]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Melanie B Berkmen, Alan D Grossman
Subcellular positioning of the origin region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome is independent of sequences within oriC, the site of replication initiation, and the replication initiator DnaA.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 63(1);150-65
[PubMed:17140409]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Marie-Françoise Noirot-Gros, M Velten, M Yoshimura, S McGovern, T Morimoto, S D Ehrlich, N Ogasawara, P Polard, Philippe Noirot
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[PubMed:16461910]
[WorldCat.org]
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(P p)
Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
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[PubMed:14651647]
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(P p)
Marie-Françoise Noirot-Gros, Etienne Dervyn, Ling Juan Wu, Peggy Mervelet, Jeffery Errington, S Dusko Ehrlich, Philippe Noirot
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[PubMed:12060778]
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(P p)
D Ishigo-Oka, N Ogasawara, S Moriya
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[PubMed:11222620]
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(P p)
W F Burkholder, I Kurtser, A D Grossman
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[PubMed:11207367]
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(P p)
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[PubMed:10844689]
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(P p)
T Fukuoka, S Moriya, H Yoshikawa, N Ogasawara
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(P p)
N Ogasawara, S Moriya, H Yoshikawa
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