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Meselson, Stahl, and the Replication of DNA: a History of © 2002 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION Printed in U.S.A. Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 431–435, 2002 Book Reviews Enzyme Kinetics: Principles and Methods (1st English an effort to reconstruct the history of “The Most Beautiful Ed.; translation of 3rd German Ed.) Experiment in Biology” (this quote is attributed to John Bisswanger, H. (Bubenheim, L., translator); Wiley-VCH, Cairns as reported in Horace Judson’s Eighth Day of Cre- Weinheim, 2002, 255 pp. ϩ CD-ROM, ISBN 3-527- ation). The trio examined extant records, notes from 30343-X, $95.00. Meselson’s workbook, centrifuge logs, and photographs containing the results of centrifugation experiments (many This book on enzyme kinetics takes what is, to my of which are reproduced in the book). Holmes also exam- knowledge, a unique approach to the discipline. The first ined periodic reports written for the California Institute of part is a thorough discussion of substrate binding, inde- Technology (Caltech) and the National Association for In- pendent of the enzymatic reaction, and deals with the fantile Paralysis; these were generally the work of Stahl. phenomena of multiple binding sites, both independent Other sources include discussions with Gunther Stent, and interacting. There is detailed graphical representation John Cairns, James D. Watson, and Howard Schachman. of the various equations showing what would be expected As an historian of science, Holmes sought the help of for weak and strong interactions and cooperativity, both these experts to learn the scientific principles involved. His positive and negative. explanations are thorough, and his sources are cited in The second part is the most traditional with detailed notes that accompany each chapter. derivation of kinetic equations for single and multisub- Matthew Meselson and Franklin Stahl first met at Woods strate enzymes and the various methods for graphical Hole in the summer of 1954 when both were graduate representation. Most useful is the discussion of the students. Meselson was at Caltech with the legendary strengths and weakness of each of the graphical methods Linus Pauling, and Stahl was at the University of Rochester including analysis of error propagation induced by the with A. H. (Gus) Doermann. Meselson and Stahl discussed various transformations. ways to test the prediction of semiconservative duplication The third part describes various methods for measure- of DNA as proposed by Watson and Crick (the terms ment of kinetics and binding. Each is presented with the conservative, semiconservative, and dispersive modes of appropriate theory. Strengths and weakness of each are replication had not yet been invented by Gunther Stent discussed, although not in great detail. and Max Delbru¨ ck). The initial idea was to infect bacteria The mathematical treatment assumes a strong back- growing in ordinary medium with deuterium-labeled phage ground in physical chemistry and in calculus, making the particles and allow one cycle of phage growth. The phage book unsuitable as a primer for most beginning biochem- would then be centrifuged in a density-adjusted solution istry students. The book is primarily theoretical, and the that would allow the resolution of original phage from reader will search mostly in vain for specific enzymes that newly synthesized phage. Holmes emphasizes the bold- illustrate the various kinds of kinetics or mechanisms ness and originality of the idea of using heavy and light presented. isotopes to resolve the newly synthesized molecules from There is an accompanying CD-ROM that which presum- existing molecules as proposed by the young principals. ably provides practical means of kinetic analysis. As the This strategy was used later by Sidney Brenner, Francois disc is compatible only with PC-format computers, not Macintosh, I was unable to evaluate it. Jacob, and Meselson to demonstrate the existence of On the whole, the book is recommended for the most messenger RNA. detailed theory and kinetic derivations that I have ever In 1956, Stahl (now a postdoctoral scholar with seen in one place. However, it is not a “how to” book to Giuseppe Bertani) joined Meselson at Caltech; they lived actually do kinetics. together in a house on San Pasqual Avenue in Pasadena with Jan Drake, who was a graduate student with Renato J. Donald Smith Delbecco. Holmes describes the various social activities at Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, this house where the inhabitants were able to live well University of Massachusetts, despite their modest means. We learn that Howard Temin North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747 and John Cairns lived in the house later. Meselson and Stahl started with 5-bromouracil (5BU) to produce heavy DNA. The 5BU substitutes for thymine, and the bromine atom produces a more dense nucleotide and Meselson, Stahl, and the Replication of DNA: A History DNA molecule. With Jerome Vinograd’s assistance, of “The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology” Meselson examined the sedimentation patterns of T4 Holmes, Frederic Lawrence; Yale University Press, 2001, phage, grown in medium with and without 5BU, in a 503 pp., ISBN 0-300-08540-0, $40. Spinco Model E ultracentrifuge (The Big Machine). The first series of ultracentrifugation experiments, initiated in The author interviewed Matthew Meselson and Franklin December 1956, did not go well for a whole host of rea- Stahl separately and together over a period of a decade in sons including the uncertainty of how much 5BU was This paper is available on line at http://www.bambed.org 431 432 BAMBED, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 431–435, 2002 incorporated into progeny DNA. Stahl’s role in the project Meselson passed and received complements from Pauling involved the preparation of the phage samples, and he afterward. performed comprehensive analyses of the sedimentation The penultimate chapter, “Images of an Experiment,” data. A long detour transpired because of the inability to describes how this classical finding is described in text- detect phage or DNA molecules with intermediate books of biochemistry and molecular biology. The conclu- amounts of parental 5BU. sions are so ingrained in the lore of science that the Half way through the book (p. 270) we find the first experiment - but not the conclusion - is omitted from many illusion to the Meselson-Stahl experiment as we know it contemporary books, surely a loss for students. The last today. Meselson wrote in his workbook about the need to chapter, “Afterward” describes the academic careers of abandon phage DNA and use bacterial DNA grown in the Meselson (at Harvard) and Stahl (at the University of presence of 15N, the heavy isotope of nitrogen with a Oregon), along with some personal and family highlights. transfer to 14N, the ordinary isotope (October, 1957). All of In a few places in the text, Holmes relates the impressions a sudden, voila´ , the DNA prior to transfer was all heavy, the of Meselson and Stahl about their work together. first generation after transfer showed all intermediate den- Meselson thought the work was fully shared and involved sity DNA, and the DNA after two generations showed the two nearly equally. Stahl felt that Meselson was the equal amounts of intermediate and light DNA. primary mover and he (Stahl) was secondary. Holmes be- Caltech was the home of Max Delbru¨ ck, a father of lieves this difference reflects the styles, attitudes, and phage research, and Delbru¨ ck served as a mentor of the personalities of the two former MacArthur fellows. two principals. The results of these experiments were For those who learned their science after the Meselson- freely communicated by letter to members of the “phage Stahl experiment (the vast majority of scientists), it will be group” including Watson. However, the principals procras- surprising to learn of the grave doubts about the semicon- tinated in writing up a definitive paper. Impatient, Delbru¨ ck servative replication mechanism received from stalwarts transported Meselson and Stahl to the Kerkhoff Marine such as Max Delbru¨ ck. A main concern is the unwinding of Station at Corona del Mar and confined them to an up- one strand from the other (Delbru¨ ck called this the untwid- stairs room with a typewriter for several days (it wasn’tas dling problem). The result of the Meselson-Stahl experi- bad as it sounds, and the manuscript was not completed ment more or less resolved the doubts of such people, and at this time). Apparently the principals and others under it also provided evidence and gained support from other Delbru¨ ck’s tutelage preferred to perform experiments scientists for the Watson-Crick structure and the semicon- rather than write. servative replication mechanism. Holmes provides an analysis of organization of the The author succeeds in the central aim of the book, paper and the authors’ strategy and thoughts regarding which is, “to contrast the core simplicity of this beautiful the manuscript. Like most experimental reports, the experiment with the many dimensions of complexity that Meselson-Stahl paper is presented in a logical fashion and made it possible.” The book describes accurately how fails to reflect the numerous side paths and dead ends of science, even extraordinary science, is accomplished. the study. Moreover, the introduction does not mention the Holmes describes the personalities and idiosyncrasies of Watson-Crick structure. Paradoxically, the paper can be many of the participants in an even-handed fashion. This interpreted as though the authors were trying to distance book is informative, joyful, and can be read profitably by themselves from Watson and Crick. undergraduate students and scientists of all persuasions. Stahl interviewed for a faculty position at the University It can easily be made part of the readings in a course of of Missouri in October 1957 (while the definitive exper- molecular biology where DNA replication is covered, and it iments were initiated). Stahl would accept a position there promises to provide critical insight and to win the acco- the next spring, even though Delbru¨ ck would try to retain lades of students, many of whom are unenthusiastic about him at Caltech.
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