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Yang W, Junop MS, Ban C, Obmolova G, Hsieh P. DNA mismatch repair: from structure to mechanism. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2003; 65:225-32. [PMID: 12760036 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2000.65.225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- W Yang
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Yeh FL, Yan HL, Wang SY, Jung TY, Hsu T. Molecular cloning of zebrafish (Danio rerio) MutS homolog 6(MSH6) and noncoordinate expression of MSH6 gene activity and G-T mismatch binding proteins in zebrafish larvae. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY. PART A, COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 2003; 297:118-29. [PMID: 12945748 DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Eukaryotic MutS homolog 6(MSH6) is a DNA mismatch recognition protein associated with mismatch repair of simple base-base mispairs and small insertion-deletion loops. As replication or recombination errors generated during embryonic development of living organisms should be efficiently corrected to maintain the integrity of genetic materials, we attempted to study MSH6 gene expression in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio) and the influence of MSH6 expression on the production of mismatch binding factors. A full-length cDNA encoding zebrafish MSH6 (zMSH6) was first obtained by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The deduced amino acid sequence of zMSH6 shares 57% and 56% identity with human and mouse MSH6, respectively. The 190-kDa recombinant zMSH6 containing 1,369 amino acids bound preferentially to a heteroduplex than to a homoduplex DNA. Northern blot and semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis detected apparent levels of zMSH6 mRNA expression in 12 and 36-hr-old zebrafish embryos, while this expression in 84-hr-old larvae was dramatically reduced to 23% of that in 12-hr-old embryos when beta-actin mRNA was constitutively synthesized. Incubation of G-T and G-G heteroduplex probes with 12 to 60-hr-old zebrafish extracts produced predominantly high-shifting binding complexes with very similar band intensity. Although low in zMSH6 mRNA production, the extracts of 84-hr-old larvae interacted significantly stronger than the embryonic extracts with both G-T and G-G mispairs, producing high and low-shifting complexes. Heteroduplex-recognition proteins in 108-hr-old larvae gave a similar pattern of mismatch binding. The intensities of G-T complexes produced by 84 and 108-hr-old zebrafish extracts were 2.5 to 3-fold higher than those of G-G complexes. Our data indicate that the production of efficient MSH6-independent binding factors, particularly G-T-specific recognition proteins, is upregulated in zebrafish at the larval stage when MSH6 gene activity is downregulated.
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- Fu-Lung Yeh
- Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Bjornson KP, Modrich P. Differential and simultaneous adenosine di- and triphosphate binding by MutS. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:18557-62. [PMID: 12624105 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301101200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The roles of ATP binding and hydrolysis in the function of MutS in mismatch repair are poorly understood. As one means of addressing this question, we have determined the affinities and number of adenosine di- and triphosphate binding sites within MutS. Nitrocellulose filter binding assay and equilibrium fluorescence anisotropy measurements have demonstrated that MutS has one high affinity binding site for ADP and one high affinity site for nonhydrolyzable ATP analogues per dimer equivalent. Low concentrations of 5'-adenylylimidodiphosphate (AMPPNP) promote ADP binding and a large excess of AMPPNP is required to displace ADP from the protein. Fluorescence energy transfer and filter binding assays indicate that ADP and nonhydrolyzable ATP analogues can bind simultaneously to adjacent subunits within the MutS oligomer with affinities in the low micromolar range. These findings suggest that the protein exists primarily as the ATP.MutS.ADP ternary complex in solution and that this may be the form of the protein that is involved in DNA encounters in vivo.
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- Keith P Bjornson
- Department of Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Brown EW, Kotewicz ML, Cebula TA. Detection of recombination among Salmonella enterica strains using the incongruence length difference test. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2002; 24:102-20. [PMID: 12128032 DOI: 10.1016/s1055-7903(02)00222-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Particular serovars of Salmonella enterica have emerged as significant foodborne pathogens in humans. At the chromosomal level, discrete regions in the Salmonella genome have been identified that are known to play important roles in the maintenance, survival, and virulence of S. enterica within the host. Interestingly, several of these loci appear to have been acquired by horizontal transfer of DNA among and between bacterial species. The profound importance of recombination in pathogen emergence is just now being realized, perhaps explaining the sudden interest in developing novel and facile ways for detecting putative horizontal transfer events in bacteria. The incongruence length difference (ILD) test offers one such means. ILD uses phylogeny to trace sequences that may have been acquired promiscuously by exchange of DNA during chromosome evolution. We show here that the ILD test readily detects recombinations that have taken place in several housekeeping genes in Salmonella as well as genes composing the type 1 pilin complex (14 min) and the inv-spa invasion gene complex (63 min). Moreover, the ILD test indicated that the mutS gene (64 min), whose product helps protect the bacterial genome from invasion by foreign DNA, appears to have undergone intragenic recombination within S. enterica subspecies I. ILD findings were supported using additional tests known to be independent of the ILD approach (e.g., split decomposition analysis and compatibility of sites). Taken together, these data affirm the application of the ILD test as one approach for identifying recombined sequences in the Salmonella chromosome. Furthermore, horizontally acquired sequences within mutS support a model whereby evolutionarily important recombinants of S. enterica are rescued from strains carrying defective mutS alleles via horizontal transfer.
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- Eric W Brown
- Division of Molecular Biology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC 20204, USA
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We determined the localizations of mismatch repair proteins in living Bacillus subtilis cells. MutS-GFP colocalized with the chromosome in all cells and formed foci in a subset of cells. MutL-GFP formed foci in a subset of cells, and its localization was MutS dependent. The introduction of mismatches by growth in 2-aminopurine caused a replication-dependent increase in the number of cells with MutS and MutL foci. Approximately half of the MutS foci colocalized with DNA polymerase foci. We conclude that MutS is associated with the entire chromosome, poised to detect mismatches. After detection, it appears that mismatch repair foci assemble at mismatches as they emerge from the DNA polymerase and are then carried away from the replisome by continuing replication.
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- B T Smith
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Bellacosa A. Functional interactions and signaling properties of mammalian DNA mismatch repair proteins. Cell Death Differ 2001; 8:1076-92. [PMID: 11687886 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2000] [Revised: 07/11/2001] [Accepted: 08/30/2001] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The mismatch repair (MMR) system promotes genomic fidelity by repairing base-base mismatches, insertion-deletion loops and heterologies generated during DNA replication and recombination. This function is critically dependent on the assembling of multimeric complexes involved in mismatch recognition and signal transduction to downstream repair events. In addition, MMR proteins coordinate a complex network of physical and functional interactions that mediate other DNA transactions, such as transcription-coupled repair, base excision repair and recombination. MMR proteins are also involved in activation of cell cycle checkpoint and induction of apoptosis when DNA damage overwhelms a critical threshold. For this reason, they play a role in cell death by alkylating agents and other chemotherapeutic drugs, including cisplatin. Inactivation of MMR genes in hereditary and sporadic cancer is associated with a mutator phenotype and inhibition of apoptosis. In the future, a deeper understanding of the molecular mechanisms and functional interactions of MMR proteins will lead to the development of more effective cancer prevention and treatment strategies.
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- A Bellacosa
- Human Genetics Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
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DNA mismatch repair (MMR) safeguards the integrity of the genome. In its role in postreplicative repair, this repair pathway corrects base-base and insertion/deletion (I/D) mismatches that have escaped the proofreading function of replicative polymerases. In its absence, cells assume a mutator phenotype in which the rate of spontaneous mutation is greatly elevated. The discovery that defects in mismatch repair segregate with certain cancer predisposition syndromes highlights its essential role in mutation avoidance. Recently, three-dimensional structures of MutS, a key repair protein that recognizes mismatches, have been determined by X-ray crystallography. This article provides an overview of the structural features of MutS proteins and discusses how the structural data together with biochemical and genetic studies reveal new insights into the molecular mechanisms of mismatch repair.
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- P Hsieh
- Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10 Rm. 9D06, 10 Center Dr. MSC 1810, Bethesda, MD 20892-1810, USA.
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Augusto-Pinto L, Bartholomeu DC, Teixeira SM, Pena SD, Machado CR. Molecular cloning and characterization of the DNA mismatch repair gene class 2 from the Trypanosoma cruzi. Gene 2001; 272:323-33. [PMID: 11470539 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(01)00549-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Genes with homology to the bacterial mutS gene, which encodes a protein involved in post-replication DNA mismatch repair, are known in several organisms. Using a degenerate PCR strategy, we cloned a Trypanosoma cruzi genomic DNA fragment homologous to the mutS gene class two (MSH2). This fragment was used as a probe to select the corresponding cDNAs from a T. cruzi cDNA library. The complete sequence of the gene (3304 bp), denominated TcMSH2, was obtained. The sequence contained an open reading frame of 2889 bp coding for a putative protein of 962 amino acids. Computational analyses of the amino acid sequence showed 36% identity with MSH2 proteins from other eukaryotes and revealed the presence of all functional domains of MutS proteins. Hybridization analyses indicated that the TcMSH2 gene is present as a single copy gene that is expressed in all forms of the T. cruzi life cycle. The role of the product of the TcMSH2 gene in mismatch repair was investigated by negative dominance phenotype analyses in Escherichia coli. When eukaryotic muts genes are expressed in a prokaryotic system, they increase the bacterial mutation rate. The same phenomenon was observed with the TcMSH2 cDNA, indicating that T. cruzi MSH2 interferes with the bacterial mismatch system. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the T. cruzi gene grouped with the MSH2 clade confirming the nature of the gene isolated in this work.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Molecular Sequence Data
- MutS Homolog 2 Protein
- Phylogeny
- Protozoan Proteins
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Trypanosoma cruzi/genetics
- Trypanosoma cruzi/growth & development
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- L Augusto-Pinto
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Kato R, Kataoka M, Kamikubo H, Kuramitsu S. Direct observation of three conformations of MutS protein regulated by adenine nucleotides. J Mol Biol 2001; 309:227-38. [PMID: 11491292 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mismatched base-pairs, which are caused by either DNA replication errors, DNA damage or genetic recombination, are repaired by the mismatch-repair system. The MutS protein, a component of the mismatch-repair system, recognizes mismatched base-pairs in DNA, and its DNA-binding activity is affected by ATP and ADP. Here, we show that the MutS protein from Thermus thermophilus HB8 can have three different conformations in solution, based on direct observations made by small-angle X-ray scattering. The conformation of MutS in solution is drastically influenced by the presence of ADP and ATP; the ATP-bound form has the most compact conformation, the ADP-bound form the most stretched, and the nucleotide-free form has a conformation intermediate between the two. Based on these findings, we conclude that the DNA-binding activity of MutS may depend on conformational changes triggered by both the binding and hydrolysis of ATP.
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- R Kato
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan
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Junop MS, Obmolova G, Rausch K, Hsieh P, Yang W. Composite active site of an ABC ATPase: MutS uses ATP to verify mismatch recognition and authorize DNA repair. Mol Cell 2001; 7:1-12. [PMID: 11172706 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(01)00149-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The MutS protein initiates DNA mismatch repair by recognizing mispaired and unpaired bases embedded in duplex DNA and activating endo- and exonucleases to remove the mismatch. Members of the MutS family also possess a conserved ATPase activity that belongs to the ATP binding cassette (ABC) superfamily. Here we report the crystal structure of a ternary complex of MutS-DNA-ADP and assays of initiation of mismatch repair in conjunction with perturbation of the composite ATPase active site by mutagenesis. These studies indicate that MutS has to bind both ATP and the mismatch DNA simultaneously in order to activate the other mismatch repair proteins. We propose that the MutS ATPase activity plays a proofreading role in DNA mismatch repair, verification of mismatch recognition, and authorization of repair.
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- M S Junop
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Tachiki H, Kato R, Kuramitsu S. DNA binding and protein-protein interaction sites in MutS, a mismatched DNA recognition protein from Thermus thermophilus HB8. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:40703-9. [PMID: 11024056 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m007124200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mismatch repair system repairs mismatched base pairs, which are caused by either DNA replication errors, DNA damage, or genetic recombination. Mismatch repair begins with the recognition of mismatched base pairs in DNA by MutS. Protein denaturation and limited proteolysis experiments suggest that Thermus thermophilus MutS can be divided into three structural domains as follows: A (N-terminal domain), B (central domain), and C (C-terminal domain) (Tachiki, H., Kato, R., Masui, R., Hasegawa, K., Itakura, H., Fukuyama, K., and Kuramitsu, S. (1998) Nucleic Acids Res. 26, 4153-4159). To investigate the functions of each domain in detail, truncated genes corresponding to the domains were designed. The gene products were overproduced in Escherichia coli, purified, and assayed for various activities. The MutS-MutS protein interaction site was determined by size-exclusion chromatography to be located in the B domain. The B domain was also found to possess nonspecific double-stranded DNA-binding ability. The C domain, which contains a Walker's A-type nucleotide-binding motif, demonstrated ATPase activity and specific DNA recognition of mismatched base pairs. These ATPase and specific DNA binding activities were found to be dependent upon C domain dimerization.
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- H Tachiki
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Obmolova G, Ban C, Hsieh P, Yang W. Crystal structures of mismatch repair protein MutS and its complex with a substrate DNA. Nature 2000; 407:703-10. [PMID: 11048710 DOI: 10.1038/35037509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 494] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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DNA mismatch repair is critical for increasing replication fidelity in organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. MutS protein, a member of the ABC ATPase superfamily, recognizes mispaired and unpaired bases in duplex DNA and initiates mismatch repair. Mutations in human MutS genes cause a predisposition to hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer as well as sporadic tumours. Here we report the crystal structures of a MutS protein and a complex of MutS with a heteroduplex DNA containing an unpaired base. The structures reveal the general architecture of members of the MutS family, an induced-fit mechanism of recognition between four domains of a MutS dimer and a heteroduplex kinked at the mismatch, a composite ATPase active site composed of residues from both MutS subunits, and a transmitter region connecting the mismatch-binding and ATPase domains. The crystal structures also provide a molecular framework for understanding hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer mutations and for postulating testable roles of MutS.
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- G Obmolova
- Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Kelly KO, Dernburg AF, Stanfield GM, Villeneuve AM. Caenorhabditis elegans msh-5 is required for both normal and radiation-induced meiotic crossing over but not for completion of meiosis. Genetics 2000; 156:617-30. [PMID: 11014811 PMCID: PMC1461284 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/156.2.617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Crossing over and chiasma formation during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis require msh-5, which encodes a conserved germline-specific MutS family member. msh-5 mutant oocytes lack chiasmata between homologous chromosomes, and crossover frequencies are severely reduced in both oocyte and spermatocyte meiosis. Artificially induced DNA breaks do not bypass the requirement for msh-5, suggesting that msh-5 functions after the initiation step of meiotic recombination. msh-5 mutants are apparently competent to repair breaks induced during meiosis, but accomplish repair in a way that does not lead to crossovers between homologs. These results combine with data from budding yeast to establish a conserved role for Msh5 proteins in promoting the crossover outcome of meiotic recombination events. Apart from the crossover deficit, progression through meiotic prophase is largely unperturbed in msh-5 mutants. Homologous chromosomes are fully aligned at the pachytene stage, and germ cells survive to complete meiosis and gametogenesis with high efficiency. Our demonstration that artificially induced breaks generate crossovers and chiasmata using the normal meiotic recombination machinery suggests (1) that association of breaks with a preinitiation complex is not a prerequisite for entering the meiotic recombination pathway and (2) that the decision for a subset of recombination events to become crossovers is made after the initiation step.
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- K O Kelly
- Departments of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Bowers J, Tran PT, Liskay RM, Alani E. Analysis of yeast MSH2-MSH6 suggests that the initiation of mismatch repair can be separated into discrete steps. J Mol Biol 2000; 302:327-38. [PMID: 10970737 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The yeast MSH2-MSH6 complex is required to repair both base-pair and single base insertion/deletion mismatches. MSH2-MSH6 binds to mismatch substrates and displays an ATPase activity that is modulated by mispairs that are repaired in vivo. To understand early steps in mismatch repair, we analyzed mismatch repair (MMR) defective MSH2-msh6-F337A and MSH2-msh6-340 complexes that contained amino acid substitutions in the MSH6 mismatch recognition domain. While both heterodimers were defective in forming stable complexes with mismatch substrates, only MSH2-msh6-340 bound to homoduplex DNA with an affinity that was similar to that observed for MSH2-MSH6. Additional analyses suggested that stable binding to a mispair is not sufficient to initiate recruitment of downstream repair factors. Previously, we observed that MSH2-MSH6 forms a stable complex with a palindromic insertion mismatch that escapes correction by MMR in vivo. Here we show that this binding is not accompanied by either a modulation in MSH2-MSH6 ATPase activity or an ATP-dependent recruitment of the MLH1-PMS1 complex. Together, these observations suggest that early stages in MMR can be divided into distinct recognition, stable binding, and downstream factor recruitment steps.
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- J Bowers
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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DNA mismatch repair is required for maintaining genomic stability and is highly conserved from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. Errors made during DNA replication, such as deletions, insertions and mismatched basepairs, are substrates for mismatch repair. Mismatch repair is strand-specific and targets only the newly synthesized daughter strand. To initiate mismatch repair in Escherichia coli, three proteins are essential, MutS, for mismatch recognition, MutH, for introduction of a nick in the target strand, and MutL, for mediating the interactions between MutH and MutS. Homologues of MutS and MutL important for mismatch repair have been found in nearly all organisms. Mutations in MutS and MutL homologues have been linked to increased cancer susceptibility in both mice and humans. Here, we review the crystal structures of the MutH endonuclease, a conserved ATPase fragment of MutL (LN40), and complexes of LN40 with various nucleotides. Based on the crystal structure, the active site of MutH has been identified and an evolutionary relationship between MutH and type II restriction endonucleases established. Recent crystallographic and biochemical studies have revealed that MutL operates as a molecular switch with its interactions with MutH and MutS regulated by ATP binding and hydrolysis. These crystal structures also shed light on the general mechanism of mismatch repair and the roles of Mut proteins in preventing mutagenesis.
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- W Yang
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Shechter DF, Ying CY, Gautier J. The intrinsic DNA helicase activity of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum delta H minichromosome maintenance protein. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:15049-59. [PMID: 10747908 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m000398200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Minichromosome maintenance proteins (MCMs) form a family of conserved molecules that are essential for initiation of DNA replication. All eukaryotes contain six orthologous MCM proteins that function as heteromultimeric complexes. The sequencing of the complete genomes of several archaebacteria has shown that MCM proteins are also present in archaea. The archaea Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum contains a single MCM-related sequence. Here we report on the expression and purification of the recombinant M. thermoautotrophicum MCM protein (MtMCM) in both Escherichia coli and baculovirus-infected cells. We show that purified MtMCM protein assembles in large macromolecular complexes consistent in size with being double hexamers. We demonstrate that MtMCM contains helicase activity that preferentially uses dATP and DNA-dependent dATPase and ATPase activities. The intrinsic helicase activity of MtMCM is abolished when a conserved lysine in the helicase domain I/nucleotide binding site is mutated. MtMCM helicase unwinds DNA duplexes in a 3' --> 5' direction and can unwind up to 500 base pairs in vitro. The kinetics, processivity, and directionality of MtMCM support its role as a replicative helicase in M. thermoautotrophicum. This strongly suggests that this function is conserved for MCM proteins in eukaryotes where a replicative helicase has yet to be identified.
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- D F Shechter
- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Biswas I, Vijayvargia R. Heteroduplex DNA and ATP induced conformational changes of a MutS mismatch repair protein from Thermus aquaticus. Biochem J 2000; 347 Pt 3:881-6. [PMID: 10769195 PMCID: PMC1221028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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ATP hydrolysis by MutS homologues is required for the function of these proteins in mismatch repair. However, the function of ATP hydrolysis in the repair reaction is not very clear. We have examined the role of ATP hydrolysis in oligomerization of Thermus aquaticus (Taq) MutS protein in solution. Analytical gel filtration and cross-linking of MutS protein with disuccinimidyl suburate suggest that TaqMutS is a dimer in the presence of ATP. ATP binding and hydrolysis by TaqMutS reduces the heteroduplex-DNA binding by the protein. Using limited proteolysis we detected extensive conformational changes of the TaqMutS protein in the presence of ATP and heteroduplex DNA. Heteroduplex-DNA binding is necessary for the observed conformational changes since F39A mutant protein defective in DNA binding does not display ATP-induced conformational changes. The implications of the observed conformational changes in the MutS protein are discussed with respect to two different models proposed for the role of ATP hydrolysis by MutS in DNA mismatch repair.
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- I Biswas
- Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1810, USA
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Escherichia coli MutS protein, which is required for mismatch repair, has a slow ATPase activity that obeys Michalelis-Menten kinetics. At 37 degrees C, the steady-state turnover rate for ATP hydrolysis is 1.0 +/- 0.3 min(-1) per monomer equivalent with a K(m) of 33 +/- 6 microM. Hydrolysis is competitively inhibited by the ATP analogues AMPPNP and ATPgammaS, with K(i) values of 4 microM in both cases, and by ADP with a K(i) of 40 microM. The rate of ATP hydrolysis is stimulated 2-5-fold by short hetero- and homoduplex DNAs. The concentration of DNA cofactor that yields half-maximal stimulation is lowest for oligodeoxynucleotide duplexes that contain a mismatched base pair. Pre-steady-state chemical quench analysis has demonstrated a substoichiometric initial burst of ADP formation by free MutS that is governed by a rate constant of 78 min(-1), indicating that the rate-limiting step for the steady-state reaction occurs after hydrolysis. Prebinding of MutS to homoduplex DNA does not alter the burst kinetics or amplitude but only increases the steady-state rate. In contrast, binding of the protein to heteroduplex DNA abolishes the burst of ADP formation, indicating that the rate-limiting step now occurs before hydrolysis. Gel filtration analysis indicates that the MutS dimer assembles into higher order oligomers in a concentration-dependent manner, and that ATP binding shifts this equilibrium to favor assembly. These results, together with kinetic findings, indicate nonequivalence of subunits within a MutS oligomer with respect to ATP hydrolysis and DNA binding.
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- K P Bjornson
- Department of Biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is one of multiple replication, repair, and recombination processes that are required to maintain genomic stability in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. In the wake of the discoveries that hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) and other human cancers are associated with mutations in MMR genes, intensive efforts are under way to elucidate the biochemical functions of mammalian MutS and MutL homologs, and the consequences of defects in these genes. Genetic studies in cultured mammalian cells and mice are proving to be instrumental in defining the relationship between the functions of MMR in mutation and tumor avoidance. Furthermore, these approaches have raised awareness that MMR homologs contribute to DNA damage surveillance, transcription-coupled repair, and recombinogenic and meiotic processes.
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- A B Buermeyer
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098, USA
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Gradia S, Acharya S, Fishel R. The role of mismatched nucleotides in activating the hMSH2-hMSH6 molecular switch. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:3922-30. [PMID: 10660545 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.6.3922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that hMSH2-hMSH6 contains an intrinsic ATPase which is activated by mismatch-provoked ADP-->ATP exchange that coordinately induces the formation of a sliding clamp capable of hydrolysis-independent diffusion along the DNA backbone (1,2). These studies suggested that mismatch repair could be propagated by a signaling event transduced via diffusion of ATP-bound hMSH2-hMSH6 molecular switches to the DNA repair machinery. The Molecular Switch model (Fishel, R. (1998) Genes Dev. 12, 2096-2101) is considerably different than the Hydrolysis-Driven Translocation model (Blackwell, L. J., Martik, D., Bjornson, K. P., Bjornson, E. S., and Modrich, P. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 32055-32062) and makes additional testable predictions beyond the demonstration of hydrolysis-independent diffusion (Gradia, S., Subramanian, D., Wilson, T., Acharya, S., Makhov, A., Griffith, J., and Fishel, R. (1999) Mol. Cell 3, 255-261): (i) individual mismatch-provoked ADP-->ATP exchange should be unique and rate-limiting, and (ii) the k(cat x DNA) for the DNA-stimulated ATPase activity should decrease with increasing chain length. Here we have examined hMSH2-hMSH6 affinity and ATPase stimulatory activity for several DNA substrates containing mispaired nucleotides as well as the chain length dependence of a defined mismatch under physiological conditions. We find that the results are most consistent with the predictions of the Molecular Switch model.
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- S Gradia
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Program, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Iaccarino I, Marra G, Dufner P, Jiricny J. Mutation in the magnesium binding site of hMSH6 disables the hMutSalpha sliding clamp from translocating along DNA. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:2080-6. [PMID: 10636912 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.3.2080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In human cells, binding of base/base mismatches and small insertion/deletion loops is mediated by hMutSalpha, a heterodimer of hMSH2 and hMSH6. In the presence of ATP and magnesium, hMutSalpha dissociates from the mismatch by following the DNA contour in the form of a sliding clamp. This process is enabled by a conformational change of the heterodimer, which is driven by the binding of ATP and magnesium in the Walker type A and B motifs of the polypeptides, respectively. We show that a purified recombinant hMutSalpha variant, hMutSalpha 6DV, which contains an aspartate to valine substitution in the Walker type B motif of the hMSH6 subunit, fails to undergo the conformational change compatible with translocation. Instead, its direct dissociation from the mismatch-containing DNA substrate in the presence of ATP and magnesium precludes the assembly of a functional mismatch repair complex. The "translocation-prone" conformation of wild type hMutSalpha could be observed solely under conditions that favor hydrolysis of the nucleotide and mismatch repair in vitro. Thus, whereas magnesium could be substituted with manganese, ATP could not be replaced with its slowly or nonhydrolyzable homologues ATP-gammaS or AMPPNP, respectively. The finding that ATP induces different conformational changes in hMutSalpha in the presence and in the absence of magnesium helps explain the functional differences between hMutSalpha variants incapable of binding ATP as compared with those unable to bind the metal ion.
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- I Iaccarino
- Institute of Medical Radiobiology of the University of Zürich and the Paul Scherrer Institute, August Forel Strasse 7, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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Studamire B, Price G, Sugawara N, Haber JE, Alani E. Separation-of-function mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae MSH2 that confer mismatch repair defects but do not affect nonhomologous-tail removal during recombination. Mol Cell Biol 1999; 19:7558-67. [PMID: 10523644 PMCID: PMC84769 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.19.11.7558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Yeast Msh2p forms complexes with Msh3p and Msh6p to repair DNA mispairs that arise during DNA replication. In addition to their role in mismatch repair (MMR), the MSH2 and MSH3 gene products are required to remove 3' nonhomologous DNA tails during genetic recombination. The mismatch repair genes MSH6, MLH1, and PMS1, whose products interact with Msh2p, are not required in this process. We have identified mutations in MSH2 that do not disrupt genetic recombination but confer a strong defect in mismatch repair. Twenty-four msh2 mutations that conferred a dominant negative phenotype for mismatch repair were isolated. A subset of these mutations mapped to residues in Msh2p that were analogous to mutations identified in human nonpolyposis colorectal cancer msh2 kindreds. Approximately half of the these MMR-defective mutations retained wild-type or nearly wild-type activity for the removal of nonhomologous DNA tails during genetic recombination. The identification of mutations in MSH2 that disrupt mismatch repair without affecting recombination provides a first step in dissecting the Msh-effector protein complexes that are thought to play different roles during DNA repair and genetic recombination.
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- B Studamire
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2703, USA
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Vessey CJ, Norbury CJ, Hickson ID. Genetic disorders associated with cancer predisposition and genomic instability. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1999; 63:189-221. [PMID: 10506832 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60723-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Genomic instability in its broadest sense is a feature of virtually all neoplastic cells. In addition to the mutations and/or gene amplifications that appear to be a prerequisite for the acquisition of a neoplastic phenotype, human cancers exhibit other "markers" of genomic instability--in particular, a high degree of aneuploidy. Indeed, many studies have shown that aneuploidy is an almost invariant feature of cancer cells, and it has been argued by some that the emergence of aneuploid cells is a necessary step during tumorigenesis. The functional link between genomic instability and cancer is strengthened by the existence of several "genetic instability" disorders of humans that are associated with a moderate to severe increase in the incidence of cancers. These disorders include ataxia telangiectasia, Bloom's syndrome, Fanconi anemia, xeroderma pigmentosum, and Nijmegen breakage syndrome, all of which are very rare and are inherited in a recessive manner. Analysis of the cells from such cancer-prone individuals is clearly a potentially fruitful approach for delineating the genetic basis for instability in the genome. It is assumed that by identifying the underlying cause of genetic instability in these disorders, one can derive valuable information not only about the basis of particular genetic diseases, but also about the underlying causes of genomic instability in sporadic cancers in the general population. In this article, we review the clinical and cellular properties of genetic instability disorders associated with cancer predisposition. In particular, we focus on the rapid advances made in our understanding of these disorders that have derived from the cloning of the genes mutated in each case. Because in many instances the affected genes have analogs in lower eukaryotic species, we shall discuss how studies in yeasts in particular have proved valuable in our understanding of human diseases and predisposition to cancer.
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- C J Vessey
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom
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Drotschmann K, Clark AB, Kunkel TA. Mutator phenotypes of common polymorphisms and missense mutations in MSH2. Curr Biol 1999; 9:907-10. [PMID: 10469597 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80396-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is associated with germline mutations in the DNA mismatch repair gene hMSH2 [1], the human homologue of the Escherichia coli MutS gene. These are mostly nonsense, frameshift or deletion mutations that result in loss of intact protein and complete inactivation of DNA mismatch repair. However, cancer is also associated with hMSH2 missense mutations that are merely inferred to be deleterious because they result in non-conservative substitutions of amino acids that are highly conserved among MutS family proteins. Moreover, sequence polymorphisms exist in hMSH2 that also change conserved amino acids but whose functional consequences and relationship to cancer are uncertain. Here, we show that yeast strains harboring putative equivalents of three hMSH2 polymorphisms have elevated mutation rates. Mutator effects were also observed for yeast equivalents of hMSH2 missense mutations found in HNPCC families and in an early onset colon tumor. Several distinct phenotypes were observed, indicating that these missense mutations have differential effects on MSH2 function(s). The results suggest that cancer may be associated with even partial loss of hMSH2 function and they are consistent with the hypothesis that polymorphisms in hMSH2 might predispose humans to disease.
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- K Drotschmann
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Wilson T, Guerrette S, Fishel R. Dissociation of mismatch recognition and ATPase activity by hMSH2-hMSH3. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:21659-64. [PMID: 10419475 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.31.21659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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MSH2-MSH3 directs the repair of insertion/deletion loops of up to 13 nucleotides in vivo and in vitro. To examine the biochemical basis of this repair specificity, we characterized the mispair binding and ATPase activity of hMSH2-hMSH3. The ATPase was found to be regulated by a mismatch-stimulated ADP --> ATP exchange, which induces a conformational transition by the protein complex. We demonstrated strong binding of hMSH2-hMSH3 to an insertion/deletion loop containing 24 nucleotides that is incapable of provoking ADP --> ATP exchange, suggesting that mismatch recognition appears to be necessary but not sufficient to induce the intrinsic ATPase. These studies support the idea that hMSH2-hMSH3 functions as an adenosine nucleotide-regulated molecular switch that must be activated by mismatched nucleotides for classical mismatch repair to occur.
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- T Wilson
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Program, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Bowers J, Sokolsky T, Quach T, Alani E. A mutation in the MSH6 subunit of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae MSH2-MSH6 complex disrupts mismatch recognition. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:16115-25. [PMID: 10347163 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.23.16115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In yeast, MSH2 interacts with MSH6 to repair base pair mismatches and single nucleotide insertion/deletion mismatches and with MSH3 to recognize small loop insertion/deletion mismatches. We identified a msh6 mutation (msh6-F337A) that when overexpressed in wild type strains conferred a defect in both MSH2-MSH6- and MSH2-MSH3-dependent mismatch repair pathways. Genetic analysis suggested that this phenotype was due to msh6-F337A sequestering MSH2 and preventing it from interacting with MSH3 and MSH6. In UV cross-linking, filter binding, and gel retardation assays, the MSH2-msh6-F337A complex displayed a mismatch recognition defect. These observations, in conjunction with ATPase and dissociation rate analysis, suggested that MSH2-msh6-F337A formed an unproductive complex that was unable to stably bind to mismatch DNA.
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- J Bowers
- Section of Genetics and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2703, USA
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Galio L, Bouquet C, Brooks P. ATP hydrolysis-dependent formation of a dynamic ternary nucleoprotein complex with MutS and MutL. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:2325-31. [PMID: 10325421 PMCID: PMC148798 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.11.2325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Functional interactions of Escherichia coli MutS and MutL in mismatch repair are dependent on ATP. In this study, we show that MutS and MutL associate with immobilised DNA in a manner dependent on ATP hydrolysis and with an ATP concentration near the solution K m of the ATPase of MutS. After removal of MutS, MutL and ATP, much of the protein in this ternary complex is not stably associated, with MutL leaving the complex more rapidly than MutS. The rapid dissociation reveals a dynamic interaction with concurrent rapid association and dissociation of proteins from the DNA. Analysis by surface plasmon resonance showed that the DNA interacting with dynamically bound protein was more resistant to nuclease digestion than the DNA in MutS-DNA complexes. Non-hydrolysable analogs of ATP inhibit the formation of this dynamic complex, but permit formation of a second type of ternary complex with MutS and MutL stably bound to the immobilised DNA.
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- L Galio
- Genoscope, Centre National de Séquençage, BP 191, 2 rue Gaston Crémieux, 91006 Evry, France
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DeRyckere D, Smith CL, Martin GS. The role of nucleotide binding and hydrolysis in the function of the fission yeast cdc18(+) gene product. Genetics 1999; 151:1445-57. [PMID: 10101168 PMCID: PMC1460557 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/151.4.1445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The fission yeast cdc18(+) gene is required for both initiation of DNA replication and the mitotic checkpoint that normally inhibits mitosis in the absence of DNA replication. The cdc18(+) gene product contains conserved Walker A and B box motifs. Studies of other ATPases have shown that these motifs are required for nucleotide binding and hydrolysis, respectively. We have observed that mutant strains in which either of these motifs is disrupted are inviable. The effects of these mutations were examined by determining the phenotypes of mutant strains following depletion of complementing wild-type Cdc18. In both synchronous and asynchronous cultures, the nucleotide-hydrolysis motif mutant (DE286AA) arrests with a 1C-2C DNA content, and thus exhibits no obvious defects in entry into S phase or in the mitotic checkpoint. In contrast, in cultures synchronized by hydroxyurea arrest and release, the nucleotide-binding motif mutant (K205A) exhibits the null phenotype, with 1C and <1C DNA content, indicating a block in entry into S phase and loss of checkpoint control. In asynchronous cultures this mutant exhibits a mixed phenotype: a percentage of the population displays the null phenotype, while the remaining fraction arrests with a 2C DNA content. Thus, the phenotype exhibited by the K205A mutant is dependent on the cell-cycle position at which wild-type Cdc18 is depleted. These data indicate that both nucleotide binding and hydrolysis are required for Cdc18 function. In addition, the difference in the phenotypes exhibited by the nucleotide-binding and hydrolysis motif mutants is consistent with a two-step model for Cdc18 function in which nucleotide binding and hydrolysis are required for distinct aspects of Cdc18 function that may be executed at different points in the cell cycle.
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- D DeRyckere
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3204, USA
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Drotschmann K, Clark AB, Tran HT, Resnick MA, Gordenin DA, Kunkel TA. Mutator phenotypes of yeast strains heterozygous for mutations in the MSH2 gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:2970-5. [PMID: 10077621 PMCID: PMC15879 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.6.2970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Heterozygosity for germ-line mutations in the DNA mismatch repair gene MSH2 predisposes humans to cancer. Here we use a highly sensitive reporter to describe a spontaneous mutator phenotype in diploid yeast cells containing a deletion of only one MSH2 allele. We also identify five MSH2 missense mutations that have dominant mutator effects in heterozygous cells when expressed at normal levels from the natural MSH2 promoter. For example, a 230-fold mutator effect is observed in an MSH2/msh2 diploid strain in which Gly693, which is invariant in MutS homologs and involved in ATP hydrolysis, is changed to alanine. DNA binding data suggest that mismatch repair is suppressed by binding of a mutant Msh2-Msh6 heterodimer to a mismatch with subsequent inability to dissociate from the mismatch in the presence of ATP. A dominant mutator effect also is observed in yeast when Gly693 is changed to serine. An early onset colorectal tumor is heterozygous for the analogous Gly --> Ser mutation in hMSH2, and a second hMSH2 mutation was not found, suggesting that this missense mutation may predispose to cancer via a dominant mutator effect. The mutator effects of the deletion mutant and the Gly --> Ala missense mutant in yeast MSH2 are enhanced by heterozygosity for a missense mutation in DNA polymerase delta that reduces its proofreading activity but is not a mutator in the heterozygous state. The synergistic effects of heterozygosity for mutations in two different genes that act in series to correct replication errors may be relevant to cancer predisposition.
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- K Drotschmann
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Marra G, Schär P. Recognition of DNA alterations by the mismatch repair system. Biochem J 1999; 338 ( Pt 1):1-13. [PMID: 9931291 PMCID: PMC1220017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Misincorporation of non-complementary bases by DNA polymerases is a major source of the occurrence of promutagenic base-pairing errors during DNA replication or repair. Base-base mismatches or loops of extra bases can arise which, if left unrepaired, will generate point or frameshift mutations respectively. To counteract this mutagenic potential, organisms have developed a number of elaborate surveillance and repair strategies which co-operate to maintain the integrity of their genomes. An important replication-associated correction function is provided by the post-replicative mismatch repair system. This system is highly conserved among species and appears to be the major pathway for strand-specific elimination of base-base mispairs and short insertion/deletion loops (IDLs), not only during DNA replication, but also in intermediates of homologous recombination. The efficiency of repair of different base-pairing errors in the DNA varies, and appears to depend on multiple factors, such as the physical structure of the mismatch and sequence context effects. These structural aspects of mismatch repair are poorly understood. In contrast, remarkable progress in understanding the biochemical role of error-recognition proteins has been made in the recent past. In eukaryotes, two heterodimers consisting of MutS-homologous proteins have been shown to share the function of mismatch recognition in vivo and in vitro. A first MutS homologue, MSH2, is present in both heterodimers, and the specificity for mismatch recognition is dictated by its association with either of two other MutS homologues: MSH6 for recognition of base-base mismatches and small IDLs, or MSH3 for recognition of IDLs only. Mismatch repair deficiency in cells can arise through mutation, transcriptional silencing or as a result of imbalanced expression of these genes.
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- G Marra
- Institute for Medical Radiobiology, Zürich, Switzerland
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The discovery that mutations in mismatch repair genes segregate with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer has awakened a great deal of interest in the study of the process of postreplicative mismatch repair. The characterisation of the principal players involved in this important metabolic pathway has been greatly facilitated by the amino acid sequence conservation among functional homologues of bacteria, yeast and mammals. The phenotypes of mismatch repair deficient mutants are also similar in many ways. In humans, mismatch repair malfunction demonstrates itself in the form of a mutator phenotype of the affected cells, an instability of microsatellite sequences and increased levels of somatic recombination. Moreover, mismatch repair deficient cells display also varying levels of tolerance to DNA damaging agents and are thought to be involved in the cell killing mediated by these agents. This article discusses some recent developments in this fast-moving field.
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- J Jiricny
- Institute of Medical Radiobiology of the University of Zürich, Switzerland.
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Studamire B, Quach T, Alani E. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Msh2p and Msh6p ATPase activities are both required during mismatch repair. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:7590-601. [PMID: 9819445 PMCID: PMC109340 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.12.7590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Msh2p-Msh6p complex, mutations that were predicted to disrupt ATP binding, ATP hydrolysis, or both activities in each subunit were created. Mutations in either subunit resulted in a mismatch repair defect, and overexpression of either mutant subunit in a wild-type strain resulted in a dominant negative phenotype. Msh2p-Msh6p complexes bearing one or both mutant subunits were analyzed for binding to DNA containing base pair mismatches. None of the mutant complexes displayed a significant defect in mismatch binding; however, unlike wild-type protein, all mutant combinations continued to display mismatch binding specificity in the presence of ATP and did not display ATP-dependent conformational changes as measured by limited trypsin protease digestion. Both wild-type complex and complexes defective in the Msh2p ATPase displayed ATPase activities that were modulated by mismatch and homoduplex DNA substrates. Complexes defective in the Msh6p ATPase, however, displayed weak ATPase activities that were unaffected by the presence of DNA substrate. The results from these studies suggest that the Msh2p and Msh6p subunits of the Msh2p-Msh6p complex play important and coordinated roles in postmismatch recognition steps that involve ATP hydrolysis. Furthermore, our data support a model whereby Msh6p uses its ATP binding or hydrolysis activity to coordinate mismatch binding with additional mismatch repair components.
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- B Studamire
- Section of Genetics and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2703, USA
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Blackwell LJ, Martik D, Bjornson KP, Bjornson ES, Modrich P. Nucleotide-promoted release of hMutSalpha from heteroduplex DNA is consistent with an ATP-dependent translocation mechanism. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:32055-62. [PMID: 9822680 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.48.32055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ATP hydrolysis by bacterial and eukaryotic MutS activities is required for their function in mismatch correction, and two different models for the role of ATP in MutS function have been proposed. In the translocation model, based on study of bacterial MutS, ATP binding reduces affinity of the protein for a mismatch and activates secondary DNA binding sites that are subsequently used for movement of the protein along the helix contour in a reaction dependent on nucleotide hydrolysis (Allen, D. J., Makhov, A., Grilley, M., Taylor, J., Thresher, R., Modrich, P., and Griffith, J. D. (1997) EMBO J. 16, 4467-4476). The molecular switch model, based on study of human MutSalpha, invokes mismatch recognition by the MutSalpha.ADP complex. After recruitment of downstream repair activities to the MutSalpha.mismatch complex, ATP binding results in release of MutSalpha from the heteroduplex (Gradia, S., Acharya, S., and Fishel, R.(1997) Cell 91, 995-1005). To further clarify the function of ATP binding and hydrolysis in human MutSalpha action, we evaluated the effects of ATP, ADP, and nonhydrolyzable ATP analogs on the lifetime of protein.DNA complexes. All of these nucleotides were found to increase the rate of dissociation of MutSalpha from oligonucleotide heteroduplexes. These experiments also showed that ADP is not required for mismatch recognition by MutSalpha, but that the nucleotide alters the dynamics of formation and dissociation of specific complexes. Analysis of the mechanism of ATP-promoted dissociation of MutSalpha from a 200-base pair heteroduplex demonstrated that dissociation occurs at DNA ends in a reaction dependent on ATP hydrolysis, implying that release from this molecule involves movement of the protein along the helix contour as predicted for a translocation mechanism. In order to reconcile the relatively large rate of movement of MutS homologs along the helix with their modest rate of ATP hydrolysis, we propose a novel mechanism for protein translocation along DNA that supports directional movement over long distances with minimal energy input.
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- L J Blackwell
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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ATP hydrolysis by MutS homologs is required for function of these proteins in mismatch repair. However, the function of ATP hydrolysis in the repair reaction is controversial. In this paper we describe a steady-state kinetic analysis of the DNA-activated ATPase of human MutSalpha. Comparison of salt concentration effects on mismatch repair and mismatch-provoked excision in HeLa nuclear extracts with salt effects on the DNA-activated ATPase suggests that ATP hydrolysis by MutSalpha is involved in the rate determining step in the repair pathway. While the ATPase is activated by homoduplex and heteroduplex DNA, the half-maximal concentration for activation by heteroduplex DNA is significantly lower under physiological salt concentrations. Furthermore, at optimal salt concentration, heteroduplex DNA increases the kcat for ATP hydrolysis to a greater extent than does homoduplex DNA. We also demonstrate that the degree of ATPase activation is dependent on DNA chain length, with the kcat for hydrolysis increasing significantly with chain length of the DNA cofactor. These results are discussed in terms of the translocation (Allen, D. J., Makhov, A., Grilley, M., Taylor, J., Thresher, R., Modrich, P., and Griffith, J. D. (1997) EMBO J. 16, 4467-4476) and the molecular switch (Gradia, S., Acharya, S., and Fishel, R. (1997) Cell 91, 995-1005) models that invoke distinct roles for ATP hydrolysis in MutS homolog function.
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- L J Blackwell
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Guerrette S, Wilson T, Gradia S, Fishel R. Interactions of human hMSH2 with hMSH3 and hMSH2 with hMSH6: examination of mutations found in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:6616-23. [PMID: 9774676 PMCID: PMC109246 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.11.6616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/1998] [Accepted: 08/19/1998] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Mutations in the human mismatch repair protein hMSH2 have been found to cosegregate with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). Previous biochemical and physical studies have shown that hMSH2 forms specific mispair binding complexes with hMSH3 and hMSH6. We have further characterized these protein interactions by mapping the contact regions within the hMSH2-hMSH3 and the hMSH2-hMSH6 heterodimers. We demonstrate that there are at least two distinct interaction regions of hMSH2 with hMSH3 and hMSH2 with hMSH6. Interestingly, the interaction regions of hMSH2 with either hMSH3 or hMSH6 are identical and there is a coordinated linear orientation of these regions. We examined several missense alterations of hMSH2 found in HNPCC kindreds that are contained within the consensus interaction regions. None of these missense mutations displayed a defect in protein-protein interaction. These data support the notion that these HNPCC-associated mutations may affect some other function of the heterodimeric complexes than simply the static interaction of hMSH2 with hMSH3 or hMSH2 with hMSH6.
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- S Guerrette
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Program, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Worth L, Bader T, Yang J, Clark S. Role of MutS ATPase activity in MutS,L-dependent block of in vitro strand transfer. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:23176-82. [PMID: 9722547 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.36.23176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In addition to mismatch recognition, Escherichia coli MutS has an associated ATPase activity that is fundamental to repair. Hence, we have characterized two MutS mutant gene products to define the role of ATP hydrolysis in homeologous recombination. These mutants, denoted MutS501 and MutS506, have single point mutations within the Walker A motif, and rate constants for ATP hydrolysis are down 60-100-fold as compared with wild type. Both MutS501 and MutS506 retain mismatch binding and, unlike wild type, fail to relinquish this specificity in the presence of ATP, adenosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate), and adenosine 5'-(beta, gamma-imino)triphosphate. Both MutS501 and MutS506 blocked the level of strand transfer between M13 and fd DNAs. The level of inhibition varied between the mutants and corresponded with the relative affinities to a G/T mispair. Neither MutS501 nor MutS506, however, would afford complete block of full-length heteroduplex in the presence of MutL. DNase I footprinting data are consistent with these results, as the region of protection by MutS501 and MutS506 was unchanged in the presence of ATP and MutL. Taken together, these studies suggest that 1) MutS impedes RecA-mediated homeologous exchange as a distinct mismatch-provoked event and 2) the role of MutL is coupled to MutS-dependent ATP hydrolysis. These observations are in good agreement with the present model for E. coli methyl-directed mismatch repair.
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- L Worth
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle, North Carolina 27709, USA.
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Her C, Doggett NA. Cloning, structural characterization, and chromosomal localization of the human orthologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae MSH5 gene. Genomics 1998; 52:50-61. [PMID: 9740671 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1998.5374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have cloned and characterized the human orthologue of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae MutS homologue 5 (MSH5) cDNA, as well as the human gene that encodes the MSH5 cDNA, as a step toward understanding the molecular genetic mechanisms involved in the biological function of this novel human protein. The identified cDNA contains a 2505-bp open reading frame (ORF) that encodes an 834-amino-acid polypeptide with a predicted molecular mass of 92.9 kDa. The amino acid sequence encoded by this cDNA includes sequence motifs that are conserved in all known MutS homologues existing in bacteria to humans. The cDNA appears, on the basis of amino acid sequence analysis, to be a member of the MutS family and shares 30% sequence identity with that of S. cerevisiae MSH5, a yeast gene that plays a critical role in facilitating crossover during meiosis. Northern blot analysis demonstrated the presence of a 2.9-kb human MSH5 mRNA species in all human tissues tested, but the highest expression was in human testis, an organ containing cells that undergo constant DNA synthesis and meiosis. The expression pattern of human MSH5 resembled that of the previously identified human MutS homologues MSH2, MSH3, and MSH6-genes that are involved in the pathogenesis of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). In an effort to expedite the search for potential disease association with this new human MutS homologue, we have also determined the chromosomal location and structure of the human MSH5 locus. Sequence and structural characterization demonstrated that MSH5 spans approximately 25 kb and contains 26 exons that range in length from 36 bp for exon 8 to 254 bp for exon 25. MSH5 has been mapped to human chromosome band 6p21.3 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Knowledge of the sequence and gene structure of MSH5 will now enable studies of the possible roles MSH5 may play in meiosis and/or DNA replicative mismatch repair.
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- C Her
- Life Sciences Division and Center for Human Genome Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop M888, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Babbar BK, Gold M. ATP-reactive sites in the bacteriophage lambda packaging protein terminase lie in the N-termini of its subunits, gpA and gpNu1. Virology 1998; 247:251-64. [PMID: 9705918 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1998.9221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ATP-reactive sites in terminase and its subunits have been successfully identified using three different affinity analogs of ATP (2-and 8-azidoATP and FITC) GpA, the larger subunit of terminase, was shown to have a higher affinity for these analogs than gpNu1, the smaller subunit. The suitability of these reagents as affinity analogs of ATP was demonstrated by ATP protection experiments and in vitro assays done with the modified proteins. These analogs were thus shown to modify the ATP-reactive sites. The results obtained from these experiments also indicate the importance of subunit-subunit interactions in the holoenzyme. Terminase, gpA, and gpNu1 were modified with these analogs and the ATP-reactive sites were identified by isolating the modified peptide by reverse-phase chromatography. The sequence analysis of the modified peptides indicates a region including amino acids 18-35 in the N-terminus of gpNu1 and a region including amino acids 59-85 in the N-terminus of gpA as being the ATP-reactive sites.
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- B K Babbar
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, University of Toronto, Canada
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- R Fishel
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Program, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 USA.
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Gradia S, Acharya S, Fishel R. The human mismatch recognition complex hMSH2-hMSH6 functions as a novel molecular switch. Cell 1997; 91:995-1005. [PMID: 9428522 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80490-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 268] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The mechanism of DNA mismatch repair has been modeled upon biochemical studies of the E. coli DNA adenine methylation-instructed pathway where the initial recognition of mismatched nucleotides is performed by the MutS protein. MutS homologs (MSH) have been identified based on a highly conserved region containing a Walker-A adenine nucleotide binding motif. Here we show that adenine nucleotide binding and hydrolysis by the human mismatch recognition complex hMSH2-hMSH6 functions as a novel molecular switch. The hMSH2-hMSH6 complex is ON (binds mismatched nucleotides) in the ADP-bound form and OFF in the ATP-bound form. These results suggest a new model for the function of MutS proteins during mismatch repair in which the switch determines the timing of downstream events.
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- S Gradia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Pochart P, Woltering D, Hollingsworth NM. Conserved properties between functionally distinct MutS homologs in yeast. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:30345-9. [PMID: 9374523 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.48.30345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae there are five nuclear MutS homologs that act in two distinct processes. MSH2, 3, and 6 function in mismatch repair in both vegetative and meiotic cells, whereas MSH4 and MSH5 act specifically to facilitate crossovers between homologs during meiosis. Coimmunoprecipitation as well as two-hybrid experiments indicate that the Msh4 and Msh5 proteins form a hetero-oligomeric structure similar to what is observed for the Msh proteins involved in mismatch repair. Mutation of conserved amino acids in the NTP binding and putative helix-turn-helix domains of Msh5p abolish function but are still capable of interaction with Msh4p, suggesting that NTP binding plays a role downstream of hetero-oligomer formation. No hetero-oligomers are observed between the mismatch repair MutS proteins (Msh2p and Msh6p) and either Msh4p or Msh5p. These results indicate that one level of functional specificity between the mismatch repair and meiotic crossover MutS homologs in yeast is provided by the ability to form distinct hetero-oligomers.
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- P Pochart
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5215, USA.
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Alterations of the human mismatch repair genes have been linked to hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) as well as to sporadic cancers that exhibit microsatellite instability. The human mismatch repair genes are highly conserved homologs of the Escherichia coli MutHLS system. Six MutS homologs have been identified in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and four MutS homologs have been identified in human cells. At least three of these eukaryotic MutS homologs are involved in the recognition/binding of mispaired nucleotides and nucleotide lesions. MSH2 plays a fundamental role in mispair recognition whereas MSH3 and MSH6 appear to modify the specificity of this recognition. The redundant functions of MSH3 and MSH6 explain the greater prevalence of hmsh2 mutations in HNPCC families.
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- R Fishel
- DNA Repair and Molecular Carcinogenesis Program, Kimmel Cancer Institute and Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
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Feng G, Tsui HC, Winkler ME. Depletion of the cellular amounts of the MutS and MutH methyl-directed mismatch repair proteins in stationary-phase Escherichia coli K-12 cells. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:2388-96. [PMID: 8636043 PMCID: PMC177950 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2388-2396.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The MutL, MutS, and MutH proteins mediate methyl-directed mismatch (MDM) repair and help to maintain chromosome stability in Escherichia coli. We determined the amounts of the MDM repair proteins in exponentially growing, stationary-phase, and nutrient-starved bacteria by quantitative Western immunoblotting. Extracts of null mutants containing various amounts of purified MDM repair proteins were used as quantitation standards. In bacteria growing exponentially in enriched minimal salts-glucose medium, about 113 MutL dimers, 186 MutS dimers, and 135 MutH monomers were present per cell. Calculations with the in vitro dissociation constants of MutS binding to different mismatches suggested that MutS is not present in excess, and may be nearly limiting in some cases, for MDM repair in exponentially growing cells. Remarkably, when bacteria entered late stationary phase or were deprived of a utilizable carbon source for several days, the cellular amount of MutS dropped at least 10-fold and became barely detectable by the methods used. In contrast, the amount of MutH dropped only about threefold and the amount of MutL remained essentially constant in late-stationary-phase and carbon-starved cells compared with those in exponentially growing bacteria. RNase T2 protection assays showed that the amounts of mutS, mutH, and mutL, but not miaA, transcripts decreased to undetectable levels in late-stationary-phase cells. These results suggested that depletion of MutS in nutritionally stressed cells was possibly caused by the relative instability of MutS compared with MutL and MutH. Our findings suggest that the MDM repair capacity is repressed in nutritionally stressed bacteria and correlate with conclusions from recent studies of adaptive mutagenesis. On the other hand, we did not detect induction of MutS or MutL in cells containing stable mismatches in multicopy single-stranded DNA encoded by bacterial retrons.
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- G Feng
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Houston Medical School 77030-1501, USA
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Biswas I, Hsieh P. Identification and characterization of a thermostable MutS homolog from Thermus aquaticus. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:5040-8. [PMID: 8617781 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.9.5040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Recognition of mispaired or unpaired bases during DNA mismatch repair is carried out by the MutS protein family. Here, we describe the isolation and characterization of a thermostable MutS homolog from Thermus aquaticus YT-1. Sequencing of the mutS gene predicts an 89.3-kDa polypeptide sharing extensive amino acid sequence homology with MutS homologs from both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Expression of the T. aquaticus mutS gene in Escherichia coli results in a dominant mutator phenotype. Initial biochemical characterization of the thermostable MutS protein, which was purified to apparent homogeneity, reveals two thermostable activities, an ATP hydrolysis activity in which ATP is hydrolyzed to ADP and Pi and a specific DNA mismatch binding activity with affinities for heteroduplex DNAs containing either an insertion/deletion of one base or a GT mismatch. The ATPase activity exhibits a temperature optimum of approximately 80 degrees C. Heteroduplex DNA binding by the T. aquaticus MutS protein requires Mg2+ and occurs over a broad temperature range from 0 degrees C to at least 70 degrees C. The thermostable MutS protein may be useful for further biochemical and structural studies of mismatch binding and for applications involving mutation detection.
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- I Biswas
- Genetics & Biochemistry Branch, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1810, USA
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Saparbaev M, Prakash L, Prakash S. Requirement of mismatch repair genes MSH2 and MSH3 in the RAD1-RAD10 pathway of mitotic recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 1996; 142:727-36. [PMID: 8849883 PMCID: PMC1207014 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/142.3.727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The RAD1 and RAD10 genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae are required for nucleotide excision repair and they also act in mitotic recombination. The Rad1-Rad10 complex has a single-stranded DNA endonuclease activity. Here, we show that the mismatch repair genes MSH2 and MSH3 function in mitotic recombination. For both his3 and his4 duplications, and for homologous integration of a linear DNA fragment into the genome, the msh3 delta mutation has an effect on recombination similar to that of the rad1 delta and rad10 delta mutations. The msh2 delta mutation also reduces the rate of recombination of the his3 duplication and lowers the incidence of homologous integration of a linear DNA fragment. Epistasis analyses indicate that MSH2 and MSH3 function in the RAD1-RAD10 recombination pathway, and studies presented here suggest an involvement of the RAD1-RAD10 pathway in reciprocal recombination. The possible roles of Msh2, Msh3, Rad1, and Rad10 proteins in genetic recombination are discussed. Coupling of mismatch binding proteins with the recombinational machinery could be important for ensuring genetic fidelity in the recombination process.
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- M Saparbaev
- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-1061, USA
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Hwang Y, Catalano CE, Feiss M. Kinetic and mutational dissection of the two ATPase activities of terminase, the DNA packaging enzyme of bacteriophage Chi. Biochemistry 1996; 35:2796-803. [PMID: 8611586 DOI: 10.1021/bi952322z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Terminase the DNA packaging enzyme of bacteriophage chi, is a heteromultimer of gpNul (21 kDa) and gpA (74 kDa) subunits, encoded by the chi Nul and A genes, respectively. Sequence comparisons indicate that both gpNu1 and gpA have a match to the P-loop motif of ATPase centers, which is a glycine-rich segment followed by a lysine. By site-specific mutagenesis, we changed the lysines of the putative P-loops of gpNul (k35) and gpA (K497) to arginine, alanine, or aspartic acid, and studied the mutant enzymes by kinetic analysis and photochemical cross-linking with 8-azido-ATP. Both the gpNul and gpA subunits of wild-type terminase were covalently modified with 8-N3[32P] ATP in the presence of UV light. Saturation occurred with apparent dissociation constants of 508 and 3.5 microM for gpNul and gpA, resepctively. ATPase assays showed two activities: a low-affinity activity (Km=469 microM), and a high-affinity activity (Km=4.6 microM). The gpNul K35A and gpNul K35D mutant terminases showed decreased activity in the low-affinity ATPase activity. The reduced activities of these enzymes were recovered when 10 times more DNA was added, suggesting that the primary defect of the enzymes is alteration of the nonspecific, double-stranded DNA binding activity of terminase. ATPase assays and photolabeling of the gpA K497A and gpA K497D mutant terminases showed reduced affinity for ATP at the high-affinity site which was not restored by increased DNA. In summary, the results indicate the presence of a low-affinity, DNA-stimulated ATPase center in gpNul, and a high-affinity site in gpA.
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- Y Hwang
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Takamatsu S, Kato R, Kuramitsu S. Mismatch DNA recognition protein from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Thermus thermophilus HB8. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:640-7. [PMID: 8604304 PMCID: PMC145672 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.4.640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The mutS gene, implicated in DNA mismatch repair, was cloned from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Thermus thermophilus HB8. Its nucleotide sequence encoded a 819-amino acid protein with a molecular mass of 91.4 kDa. Its predicted amino acid sequence showed 56 and 39% homology with Escherichia coli MutS and human hMsh2 proteins, respectively. The T.thermophilus mutS gene complemented the hypermutability of the E.coli mutS mutant, suggesting that T.thermophilus MutS protein was active in E.coli and could interact with E.coli MutL and/or MutH proteins. The T.thermophilus mutS gene product was overproduced in E.coli and then purified to homogeneity. Its molecular mass was estimated to be 91 kDa by SDS-PAGE but approx. 330 kDa by size-exclusion chromatography, suggesting that T.thermophilus MutS protein was a tetramer in its native state. Circular dichroic measurements indicated that this protein had an alpha-helical content of approx. 50%, and that it was stable between pH 1.5 and 12 at 25 degree C and was stable up to 80 degree C at neutral pH. Thermus thermophilus MutS protein hydrolyzed ATP to ADP and Pi, and its activity was maximal at 80 degrees C. The kinetic parameters of the ATPase activity at 65 degrees C were Km = 130 microM and Kcat = 0.11 s(-1). Thermus thermophilus MutS protein bound specifically with G-T mismatched DNA even at 60 degrees C.
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- S Takamatsu
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan
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We present edition VIII of the genetic map of Salmonella typhimurium LT2. We list a total of 1,159 genes, 1,080 of which have been located on the circular chromosome and 29 of which are on pSLT, the 90-kb plasmid usually found in LT2 lines. The remaining 50 genes are not yet mapped. The coordinate system used in this edition is neither minutes of transfer time in conjugation crosses nor units representing "phage lengths" of DNA of the transducing phage P22, as used in earlier editions, but centisomes and kilobases based on physical analysis of the lengths of DNA segments between genes. Some of these lengths have been determined by digestion of DNA by rare-cutting endonucleases and separation of fragments by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Other lengths have been determined by analysis of DNA sequences in GenBank. We have constructed StySeq1, which incorporates all Salmonella DNA sequence data known to us. StySeq1 comprises over 548 kb of nonredundant chromosomal genomic sequences, representing 11.4% of the chromosome, which is estimated to be just over 4,800 kb in length. Most of these sequences were assigned locations on the chromosome, in some cases by analogy with mapped Escherichia coli sequences.
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- K E Sanderson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Alani E, Chi NW, Kolodner R. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Msh2 protein specifically binds to duplex oligonucleotides containing mismatched DNA base pairs and insertions. Genes Dev 1995; 9:234-47. [PMID: 7851796 DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.2.234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes four proteins, Msh1, Msh2, Msh3, Msh4, that show strong amino acid sequence similarity to MutS, a central component of the bacterial mutHLS mismatch repair system. MutS has been shown to recognize base pair mismatches in DNA in vitro. Previous studies have suggested that Msh2 is the major mismatch recognition protein in yeast. In this study, the 109-kD Msh2 polypeptide was overexpressed and purified to analyze its DNA-binding properties. This analysis demonstrated that Msh2 can bind selectively to duplex oligonucleotide substrates containing a G/T mismatch, 1- to 14-nucleotide insertion mismatches, and palindromic (12- to 14-nucleotide) insertion mismatches. A general trend was that the affinity of Msh2 for substrate was proportional to the size of the insertion mispair present (+14 PAL, +12 PAL > +14 > +8 > GT, +6, +4, +2, +1). Kinetic studies indicated that the specificity of Msh2 to mismatch substrates was a function of its ability to form stable complexes with mispair-containing duplex DNAs. These complexes decayed more slowly than Msh2 complexes formed with homoduplex DNA.
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- E Alani
- Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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Fullner KJ, Stephens KM, Nester EW. An essential virulence protein of Agrobacterium tumefaciens, VirB4, requires an intact mononucleotide binding domain to function in transfer of T-DNA. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1994; 245:704-15. [PMID: 7830718 DOI: 10.1007/bf00297277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The 11 gene products of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens virB operon, together with the VirD4 protein, are proposed to form a membrane complex which mediates the transfer of T-DNA to plant cells. This study examined one putative component of that complex, VirB4. A deletion of the virB4 gene on the Ti plasmid pTiA6NC was constructed by replacing the virB4 gene with the kanamycin resistance-conferring nptII gene. The virB4 gene was found to be necessary for virulence on plants and for the transfer of IncQ plasmids to recipient cells of A. tumefaciens. Genetic complementation of the deletion strain by the virB4 gene under control of the virB promoter confirmed that the deletion was nonpolar on downstream virB genes. Genetic complementation was also achieved with the virB4 gene placed under control of the lac promoter, even though synthesis of the VirB4 protein from this promoter is far below wild-type levels. Having shown a role for the VirB4 protein in DNA transfer, lysine-439, found within the conserved mononucleotide binding domain of VirB4, was changed to a glutamic acid, methionine, or arginine by oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis. virB4 genes bearing these mutations were unable to complement the virB4 deletion for either virulence or for IncQ transfer, showing that an intact mononucleotide binding site is necessary for the function of VirB4 in DNA transfer. The necessity of the VirB4 protein with an intact mononucleotide binding site for extracellular complementation of virE2 mutants was also shown. In merodiploid studies, lysine-439 mutations present in trans decreased IncQ plasmid transfer frequencies, suggesting that VirB4 functions within a complex to facilitate DNA transfer.
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- K J Fullner
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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