What happens when replication and transcription complexes collide?

The arrest of replication forks due to collisions with transcription complexes leads to genomic instability and cell death. Mechanisms that promote the progression of replication forks past transcription complexes are therefore essential for propagation and preservation of the genome. Recent studies...

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Published in:Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) Tex.), 2010-07, Vol.9 (13), p.2537-2543
Main Authors: Pomerantz, Richard T., O'Donnell, Mike
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Binding
Biology
Bioscience
Calcium
Cancer
Cell
collision
Cycle
DNA Replication
DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase - metabolism
DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases - metabolism
Escherichia coli - enzymology
Escherichia coli - genetics
Escherichia coli - metabolism
genomic instability
helicase
Landes
Models, Biological
Multienzyme Complexes - metabolism
Organogenesis
Proteins
recombinational repair
replication
replisome
RNA polymerase
transcription
Transcription, Genetic
transcription-coupled repair
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Summary:The arrest of replication forks due to collisions with transcription complexes leads to genomic instability and cell death. Mechanisms that promote the progression of replication forks past transcription complexes are therefore essential for propagation and preservation of the genome. Recent studies of E. coli directly investigate the consequences of collisions of the replisome with RNAP polymerase (RNAP) in vitro and provide novel mechanisms by which these encounters may be resolved. Additionally, recent in vivo and in vitro studies support the longstanding hypothesis that auxiliary DNA helicases promote replication through roadblocks such as transcription complexes. Here we review past and recent advances that formulate our current understanding of how the bacterial replisome deals with transcription complexes along the path of chromosome duplication.
ISSN:1538-4101
1551-4005
DOI:10.4161/cc.9.13.12122