1995
A functional analysis of the inverted repeat of the gamma delta transposable element.
May E, Grindley N. A functional analysis of the inverted repeat of the gamma delta transposable element. Journal Of Molecular Biology 1995, 247: 578-87. PMID: 7723015, DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1995.0164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntegration host factorInverted repeatsBase pairsTransposable elementsTransposase bindingGroove contactsIHF siteReduced transposition activityTerminal inverted repeatsMinor groove contactsBase pair regionGamma delta transposaseBase pair stretchSusceptible to mutationsTransposon gamma deltaTn3 familyTransposition activityPoint mutantsTarget plasmidTransposition defectBinding regionMutationsBinding sitesBinding contactsHost factorsA functional analysis of the inverted repeat of the γδ transposable element
May E, Grindley N. A functional analysis of the inverted repeat of the γδ transposable element. Journal Of Molecular Biology 1995, 247: 578-587. DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(05)80139-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe tyrosine‐6 hydroxyl of γδ resolvase is not required for the DNA cleavage and rejoining reactions
Leschziner A, Boocock M, Grindley N. The tyrosine‐6 hydroxyl of γδ resolvase is not required for the DNA cleavage and rejoining reactions. Molecular Microbiology 1995, 15: 865-870. PMID: 7596288, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02356.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1993
Analysis of a Nucleoprotein Complex: the Synaptosome of γδ Resolvase
Grindley N. Analysis of a Nucleoprotein Complex: the Synaptosome of γδ Resolvase. Science 1993, 262: 738-740. PMID: 8235593, DOI: 10.1126/science.8235593.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProtein‐protein interactions directing resolvase site‐specific recombination: a structure‐function analysis.
Hughes R, Rice P, Steitz T, Grindley N. Protein‐protein interactions directing resolvase site‐specific recombination: a structure‐function analysis. The EMBO Journal 1993, 12: 1447-1458. PMID: 8385604, PMCID: PMC413356, DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1993.tb05788.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMapping interactions between the catalytic domain of resolvase and its DNA substrate using cysteine-coupled EDTA-iron.
Mazzarelli J, Ermácora M, Fox R, Grindley N. Mapping interactions between the catalytic domain of resolvase and its DNA substrate using cysteine-coupled EDTA-iron. Biochemistry 1993, 32: 2979-86. PMID: 8384484, DOI: 10.1021/bi00063a008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1992
Binding of the IS903 transposase to its inverted repeat in vitro.
Derbyshire K, Grindley N. Binding of the IS903 transposase to its inverted repeat in vitro. The EMBO Journal 1992, 11: 3449-3455. PMID: 1324175, PMCID: PMC556880, DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05424.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1991
Resolvase‐catalysed reactions between res sites differing in the central dinucleotide of subsite I.
Stark W, Grindley N, Hatfull G, Boocock M. Resolvase‐catalysed reactions between res sites differing in the central dinucleotide of subsite I. The EMBO Journal 1991, 10: 3541-3548. PMID: 1655422, PMCID: PMC453083, DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1991.tb04918.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGamma delta transposase. Purification and analysis of its interaction with a transposon end
Wiater L, Grindley N. Gamma delta transposase. Purification and analysis of its interaction with a transposon end. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1991, 266: 1841-1849. PMID: 1846366, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)52370-x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1990
Cooperativity mutants of the γδ resolvase identify an essential interdimer interaction
Hughes R, Hatfull G, Rice P, Steitz T, Grindley N. Cooperativity mutants of the γδ resolvase identify an essential interdimer interaction. Cell 1990, 63: 1331-1338. PMID: 2175679, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(90)90428-h.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-protein interactionsHigher-order protein-protein interactionsCooperativity mutantsSite-specific recombinaseGamma delta resolvaseMutant phenotypeResolvase mutantsNucleoprotein complexesCrystallographic tetramersResolvase dimersΓδ resolvaseResolvaseCooperative bindingMutantsDNARecombinationSide chainsRecombinaseProteinInteractionCointegrate intermediatePhenotypeRecombination reactionBindingTetramerThe crystal structure of the catalytic domain of the site-specific recombination enzyme γδ resolvase at 2.7 Å resolution
Sanderson M, Freemont P, Rice P, Goldman A, Hatfull G, Grindley N, Steitz T. The crystal structure of the catalytic domain of the site-specific recombination enzyme γδ resolvase at 2.7 Å resolution. Cell 1990, 63: 1323-1329. PMID: 2175678, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(90)90427-g.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntegration host factor increases the transpositional immunity conferred by gamma delta ends
Wiater L, Grindley N. Integration host factor increases the transpositional immunity conferred by gamma delta ends. Journal Of Bacteriology 1990, 172: 4951-4958. PMID: 2168370, PMCID: PMC213150, DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.9.4951-4958.1990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUncoupling of transpositional immunity from gamma delta transposition by a mutation at the end of gamma delta
Wiater L, Grindley N. Uncoupling of transpositional immunity from gamma delta transposition by a mutation at the end of gamma delta. Journal Of Bacteriology 1990, 172: 4959-4963. PMID: 2168371, PMCID: PMC213151, DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.9.4959-4963.1990.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe two functional domains of gamma delta resolvase act on the same recombination site: implications for the mechanism of strand exchange.
Dröge P, Hatfull G, Grindley N, Cozzarelli N. The two functional domains of gamma delta resolvase act on the same recombination site: implications for the mechanism of strand exchange. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1990, 87: 5336-5340. PMID: 2164677, PMCID: PMC54318, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.14.5336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA-protein complexesRecombination sitesSite-specific recombinationGamma delta resolvaseDNA exchangeCatalytic domainStrand exchangeFunctional domainsResolvaseResolvase subunitsDNA strandsRes sitesSynaptic complexDNAStrand breakageRecombinationReunion eventDomainSitesComplexesSubunitsStrandsBreakageSynaptosomesRole of instability in the cis action of the insertion sequence IS903 transposase.
Derbyshire K, Kramer M, Grindley N. Role of instability in the cis action of the insertion sequence IS903 transposase. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1990, 87: 4048-4052. PMID: 2161528, PMCID: PMC54044, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.11.4048.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA-binding proteinsCis actionCis-acting proteinsKilobase of DNAInsertion sequenceGalactosidase fusion proteinWild-type transposaseProtease-deficient strainSite of synthesisLon geneBacterial insertion sequencesUnstable proteinTransposase geneFusion proteinTrans actionTransposaseEscherichia coliProteinDefective transposonTransposonGenesSaturation mutagenesis of the DNA site bound by the small carboxy‐terminal domain of gamma delta resolvase.
Rimphanitchayakit V, Grindley N. Saturation mutagenesis of the DNA site bound by the small carboxy‐terminal domain of gamma delta resolvase. The EMBO Journal 1990, 9: 719-725. PMID: 2155779, PMCID: PMC551726, DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1990.tb08165.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1989
Preparation of heavy-atom derivatives using site-directed mutagenesis Introduction of cysteine residues into γδ resolvase
Hatfull G, Sanderson M, Freemont P, Raccuia P, Grindley N, Steitz T. Preparation of heavy-atom derivatives using site-directed mutagenesis Introduction of cysteine residues into γδ resolvase. Journal Of Molecular Biology 1989, 208: 661-667. PMID: 2553982, DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(89)90156-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe 43 residue DNA binding domain of γδ resolvase binds adjacent major and minor grooves of DNA
Rimphanitchayakit V, Hatfull G, Grindley N. The 43 residue DNA binding domain of γδ resolvase binds adjacent major and minor grooves of DNA. Nucleic Acids Research 1989, 17: 1035-1050. PMID: 2537948, PMCID: PMC331720, DOI: 10.1093/nar/17.3.1035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceBinding, CompetitiveDNADNA-Binding ProteinsEthylnitrosoureaMolecular Sequence DataNucleotide MappingNucleotidyltransferasesTransposases
1988
The gamma delta resolvase bends the res site into a recombinogenic complex.
Salvo J, Grindley N. The gamma delta resolvase bends the res site into a recombinogenic complex. The EMBO Journal 1988, 7: 3609-3616. PMID: 2850169, PMCID: PMC454865, DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1988.tb03239.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGamma delta transposase and integration host factor bind cooperatively at both ends of gamma delta.
Wiater L, Grindley N. Gamma delta transposase and integration host factor bind cooperatively at both ends of gamma delta. The EMBO Journal 1988, 7: 1907-1911. PMID: 2844529, PMCID: PMC457184, DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1988.tb03024.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research