lac repressor forms loops with linear DNA carrying two suitably spaced lac operators
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- DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1987.tb02390.x
lac repressor forms loops with linear DNA carrying two suitably spaced lac operators
Abstract
Tetrameric lac repressor may bind to two lac operators on one DNA fragment and induce the intervening DNA to form a loop. Electron microscopy, non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and DNase I protection experiments were used to demonstrate such DNA loops, where the distance between the centres of symmetry of the two lac operators varies between 63 and 535 bp. Formation of a DNA loop is favoured by correct phasing of the two lac operators and a low concentration of both components of the reaction. When a large excess of lac repressor over DNA is used, a 'tandem' structure is observed, in which both lac operators are occupied independently by two repressor tetramers. When the concentrations of both lac repressor and lac operator are high, a 'sandwich' structure is observed, in which two DNA molecules are connected by two lac repressor tetramers in trans.
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