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A '''Chi site''' or '''Chi sequence''' is a short stretch of [[DNA]] in the [[genome]] of a [[bacterium]] near which [[homologous recombination]] is more likely to occur than on average across the genome. Chi sites serve as stimulators of DNA [[DNA repair|double-strand break repair]] in bacteria, which can arise from [[radiation]] or chemical treatments, or result from [[replication fork]] breakage during [[DNA replication]]. The [[DNA sequence|sequence]] of the Chi site is unique to each group of closely related organisms; in ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]'' and other enteric bacteria, such as Salmonella, the core sequence is [[5']]-GCTGGTGG-[[3']] plus important nucleotides about 4 to 7 nucleotides to the 3' side of the core sequence. The existence of Chi sites was originally discovered in the genome of [[bacteriophage lambda]], a [[virus]] that infects ''E. coli'', but is now known to occur about 1000 times in the ''E. coli'' genome.

The Chi sequence serves as a signal to the [[RecBCD]] helicase-[[nuclease]] that triggers a major change in the activities of this enzyme. Upon encountering the Chi sequence as it unwinds DNA, RecBCD cuts the DNA a few nucleotides to the 3’ side of Chi, within the important sequences noted above; depending on the reaction conditions, this cut is either a simple nick on the 3'-ended strand or the change of nuclease activity from cutting the 3’-ended strand to cutting the 5’-ended strand. In either case the resulting 3’ single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is bound by multiple molecules of [[RecA]] protein that facilitate "strand invasion," in which one strand of a homologous double-stranded DNA is displaced by the RecA-associated ssDNA. Strand invasion forms a joint DNA molecule called a [[D-loop]]. Resolution of the D-loop is thought to occur by replication primed by the 3’ end generated at Chi (in the D-loop). Alternatively, the D-loop may be converted into a [[Holliday junction]] by cutting of the D-loop and a second exchange of DNA strands; the Holliday junction can be converted into linear duplex DNA by cutting of the Holliday junction and ligation of the resultant nicks. Either type of resolution can generate recombinant DNA molecules if the two interacting DNAs are genetically different, as well as repair the initially broken DNA.

Chi sites are sometimes referred to as "recombination hot spots". The name "Chi" is an abbreviation of {{not a typo|''c''rossover ''h''otspot ''i''nstigator.}} In reference to ''E. coli'' phage lambda, the term is sometimes written as "χ site", using the Greek letter [[chi (letter)|chi]]; for ''E. coli'' and other bacteria the term "Chi" is proper.

==References==
*{{cite journal | last1 = Amundsen | first1 = SK | last2 = Sharp | first2 = JW | last3 = Smith | first3 = GR | year = 2016 | title = RecBCD Enzyme "Chi Recognition" Mutants Recognize Chi Recombination Hotspots in the Right DNA Context | journal = Genetics | volume = 204 | issue = 1| pages = 139–52 | pmid = 27401752 | doi = 10.1534/genetics.116.191056 | pmc = 5012381 }}
*{{cite journal | last1 = Taylor | first1 = AF | last2 = Amundsen | first2 = SK | last3 = Smith | first3 = GR | year = 2016 | title = Unexpected DNA context-dependence identifies a new determinant of Chi recombination hotspots | journal = Nucleic Acids Res | volume = 44 | issue = 17| pages = 8216–28 | pmid = 27330137 | doi = 10.1093/nar/gkw541 | pmc = 5041463 }}
*{{cite journal | last1 = Smith | first1 = GR | year = 2012 | title = How RecBCD Enzyme and Chi Promote DNA Break Repair and Recombination: a Molecular Biologist's View | journal = Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. | volume = 76 | issue = 2| pages = 217–28 | pmid = 22688812 | doi = 10.1128/MMBR.05026-11 | pmc = 3372252 }}
*{{cite journal | last1 = Dillingham | first1 = MS | last2 = Kowalczykowski | first2 = SC | year = 2008 | title = RecBCD enzyme and the repair of double-stranded DNA breaks | journal = Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. | volume = 72 | issue = 4| pages = 642–671 | pmid = 19052323 | doi = 10.1128/MMBR.00020-08 | pmc = 2593567 }}
*{{cite journal | last1 = Amundsen | first1 = SK | last2 = Taylor | first2 = AF | last3 = Reddy | first3 = M | last4 = Smith | first4 = GR | year = 2007 | title = Intersubunit signaling in RecBCD enzyme, a complex protein machine regulated by Chi hot spots | journal = Genes Dev | volume = 21 | issue = 24| pages = 3296–3307 | pmid = 18079176 | doi = 10.1101/gad.1605807 | pmc = 2113030 }}
*{{cite journal | last1 = Stahl | first1 = FW | year = 2005 | title = Chi: A little sequence controls a big enzyme | journal = Genetics | volume = 170 | issue = 2| pages = 487–493 | doi = 10.1093/genetics/170.2.487 | pmid = 15980270 | pmc = 1450401 }}

==External links==
*[http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/trun/artwork/Animations/Recombination/recombination.html Homologous Recombination Interactive Animation], online artwork from Trun N and Trempy J, ''Fundamental Bacterial Genetics''.

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