Abstract
Within the replication origin, oriC, of the Escherichia coli chromosome, novel in vivo transcripts were detected which proceeded rightward and whose production was activated by DnaA protein. In contrast, DnaA protein repressed the previously described ori-L leftward transcription. The former should introduce negative supercoiling, and the latter positive supercoiling, into the 13-mers. The effects of transcription on the initiation of replication were also investigated by making constructs with promoters placed near oriC. Transcription was found to enhance the origin activity only when it was oriented in such a way as to introduce negative supercoiling into the 13-mers. From these results, we propose that transcription within oriC regulates replication initiation by altering the topology of the 13-mer region.
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