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Arunkumar AI, Klimovich V, Jiang X, Ott RD, Mizoue L, Fanning E, Chazin WJ. Insights into hRPA32 C-terminal domain--mediated assembly of the simian virus 40 replisome. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2005; 12:332-9. [PMID: 15793585 PMCID: PMC2600586 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2004] [Accepted: 03/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Simian virus 40 (SV40) provides a model system for the study of eukaryotic DNA replication, in which the viral protein, large T antigen (Tag), marshals human proteins to replicate the viral minichromosome. SV40 replication requires interaction of Tag with the host single-stranded DNA-binding protein, replication protein A (hRPA). The C-terminal domain of the hRPA32 subunit (RPA32C) facilitates initiation of replication, but whether it interacts with Tag is not known. Affinity chromatography and NMR revealed physical interaction between hRPA32C and the Tag origin DNA-binding domain, and a structural model of the complex was determined. Point mutations were then designed to reverse charges in the binding sites, resulting in substantially reduced binding affinity. Corresponding mutations introduced into intact hRPA impaired initiation of replication and primosome activity, implying that this interaction has a critical role in assembly and progression of the SV40 replisome.
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- Alphonse I Arunkumar
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee 37232-8725 USA
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Nuss JE, Alter GM. Denaturation of replication protein A reveals an alternative conformation with intact domain structure and oligonucleotide binding activity. Protein Sci 2004; 13:1365-78. [PMID: 15096638 PMCID: PMC2286763 DOI: 10.1110/ps.04616304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Replication protein A (RPA) is a heterotrimeric, multidomain, single-stranded DNA-binding protein. Using spectroscopic methods and methylene carbene-based chemical modification methods, we have identified conformational intermediates in the denaturation pathway of RPA. Intrinsic protein fluorescence studies reveal unfolding profiles composed of multiple transitions, with midpoints at 1.5, 2.7, 4.2, and 5.3 M urea. CD profiles of RPA unfolding are characterized by a single transition. RPA is stabilized with respect to the CD-monitored transition when bound to a dA15 oligonucleotide. However, oligonucleotide binding appears to exert little, if any, effect on the first fluorescence transition. Methylene carbene chemical modification, coupled with MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry analysis, was also used to monitor unfolding of several specific RPA folds of the protein. The unfolding profiles of the individual structures are characterized by single transitions similar to the CD-monitored transition. Each fold, however, unravels with different individual characteristics, suggesting significant autonomy. Based on results from chemical modification and spectroscopic analyses, we conclude the initial transition observed in fluorescence experiments represents a change in the juxtaposition of binding folds with little unraveling of the domain structures. The second transition represents the unfolding of the majority of fold structure, and the third transition observed by fluorescence correlates with the dissociation of the 70- and 32-kD subunits.
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- Jonathan E Nuss
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001, USA
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Bochkarev A, Bochkareva E. From RPA to BRCA2: lessons from single-stranded DNA binding by the OB-fold. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2004; 14:36-42. [PMID: 15102447 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2004.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Recent years have witnessed tremendous progress in our structural and biophysical understanding of how replication protein A (RPA), a major nuclear ssDNA-binding protein (SSB), binds DNA. The four ssDNA-binding domains of RPA have the characteristic OB (oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding) fold and contact DNA with specific polarity via a hierarchy-driven dynamic pathway. A growing mass of data suggest that many aspects of the ssDNA binding mechanism are conserved among SSBs of different origin. However, this conservation is not restricted to the SSB class. The concepts of ssDNA binding by the OB-fold, first derived from the RPA structure, have been successfully applied to the functional characterization of the BRCA2 (breast cancer susceptibility gene 2) protein. The BRCA2 structure, in its turn, has helped to better understand RPA function.
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- Alexey Bochkarev
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73190, USA.
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Binz SK, Sheehan AM, Wold MS. Replication Protein A phosphorylation and the cellular response to DNA damage. DNA Repair (Amst) 2004; 3:1015-24. [PMID: 15279788 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2004.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Defects in cellular DNA metabolism have a direct role in many human disease processes. Impaired responses to DNA damage and basal DNA repair have been implicated as causal factors in diseases with DNA instability like cancer, Fragile X and Huntington's. Replication protein A (RPA) is essential for multiple processes in DNA metabolism including DNA replication, recombination and DNA repair pathways (including nucleotide excision, base excision and double-strand break repair). RPA is a single-stranded DNA-binding protein composed of subunits of 70-, 32- and 14-kDa. RPA binds ssDNA with high affinity and interacts specifically with multiple proteins. Cellular DNA damage causes the N-terminus of the 32-kDa subunit of human RPA to become hyper-phosphorylated. Current data indicates that hyper-phosphorylation causes a change in RPA conformation that down-regulates activity in DNA replication but does not affect DNA repair processes. This suggests that the role of RPA phosphorylation in the cellular response to DNA damage is to help regulate DNA metabolism and promote DNA repair.
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- Sara K Binz
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 3107 MERF, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Bartrand AJ, Iyasu D, Brush GS. DNA stimulates Mec1-mediated phosphorylation of replication protein A. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:26762-7. [PMID: 15078888 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312353200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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 cellular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding protein replication protein A (RPA) becomes phosphorylated periodically during the normal cell cycle and also in response to DNA damage. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, RPA phosphorylation requires the checkpoint protein Mec1, a protein kinase homologous in structure and function to human ATR. We confirm here that immunocomplexes containing a tagged version of Mec1 catalyze phosphorylation of purified RPA, likely reflecting an RPA kinase activity intrinsic to Mec1. A significant stimulation of this activity is observed upon the addition of covalently closed ssDNA derived from the bacteriophage M13. This stimulation is not observed with mutant RPA deficient for DNA binding, indicating that DNA-bound RPA is a preferred substrate. Stimulation is also observed upon the addition of linear ssDNA homopolymers or hydrolyzed M13 ssDNA. In contrast to circular ssDNA, these DNA cofactors stimulate both wild type and mutant RPA phosphorylation. This finding suggests that linear ssDNA can also stimulate Mec1-mediated RPA phosphorylation by activating Mec1 or an associated protein. Although the Mec1-interacting protein Ddc2 is required for RPA phosphorylation in vivo, it is required for neither basal nor ssDNA-stimulated RPA phosphorylation in vitro. Therefore, activation of Mec1-mediated RPA phosphorylation by either circular or linear ssDNA does not operate through Ddc2. Our results provide insight into the mechanisms that function in vivo to specifically induce RPA phosphorylation upon initiation of DNA replication, repair, or recombination.
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- Amy J Bartrand
- Program in Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Pestryakov PE, Khlimankov DY, Bochkareva E, Bochkarev A, Lavrik OI. Human replication protein A (RPA) binds a primer-template junction in the absence of its major ssDNA-binding domains. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:1894-903. [PMID: 15047856 PMCID: PMC390355 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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 human nuclear single-stranded (ss) DNA- binding protein, replication protein A (RPA), is a heterotrimer consisting of three subunits: p70, p32 and p14. The protein-DNA interaction is mediated by several DNA-binding domains (DBDs): two major (A and B, also known as p70A and p70B) and several minor (C and D, also known as p70C and p32D, and, presumably, by p70N). Here, using crosslinking experiments, we investigated an interaction of RPA deletion mutants containing a subset of the DBDs with partial DNA duplexes containing 5'-protruding ssDNA tails of 10, 20 and 30 nt. The crosslinks were generated using either a 'zero-length' photoreactive group (4-thio-2'-deoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate) embedded in the 3' end of the DNA primer, or a group connected to the 3' end by a lengthy linker (5-[N-[N-(4-azido-2,5-difluoro-3- chloropyridine-6-yl)-3-aminopropionyl]-trans-3-aminopropenyl-1]-2'-deoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate). In the absence of two major DBDs, p70A and p70B, the RPA trimerization core (p70C.p32D.p14) was capable of correctly recognizing the primer- template junction and adopting an orientation similar to that in native RPA. Both p70C and p32D contributed to this recognition. However, the domain contribution differed depending on the size of the ssDNA. In contrast with the trimerization core, the RPA dimerization core (p32D.p14) was incapable of detectably recognizing the DNA- junction structures, suggesting an orchestrating role for p70C in this process.
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- Pavel E Pestryakov
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Lavrentieva 8, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Loo YM, Melendy T. Recruitment of replication protein A by the papillomavirus E1 protein and modulation by single-stranded DNA. J Virol 2004; 78:1605-15. [PMID: 14747526 PMCID: PMC369418 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.4.1605-1615.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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With the exception of viral proteins E1 and E2, papillomaviruses depend heavily on host replication machinery for replication of their viral genome. E1 and E2 are known to recruit many of the necessary cellular replication factors to the viral origin of replication. Previously, we reported a physical interaction between E1 and the major human single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding protein, replication protein A (RPA). E1 was determined to bind to the 70-kDa subunit of RPA, RPA70. In this study, using E1-affinity coprecipitation and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-based interaction assays, we show that E1 interacts with the major ssDNA-binding domain of RPA. Consistent with our previous report, no measurable interaction between E1 and the two smaller subunits of RPA was detected. The interaction of E1 with RPA was substantially inhibited by ssDNA. The extent of this inhibition was dependent on the length of the DNA. A 31-nucleotide (nt) oligonucleotide strongly inhibited the E1-RPA interaction, while a 16-nt oligonucleotide showed an intermediate level of inhibition. In contrast, a 10-nt oligonucleotide showed no observable effect on the E1-RPA interaction. This inhibition was not dependent on the sequence of the DNA. Furthermore, ssDNA also inhibited the interaction of RPA with papillomavirus E2, simian virus 40 T antigen, human polymerase alpha-primase, and p53. Taken together, our results suggest a potential role for ssDNA in modulating RPA-protein interactions, in particular, the RPA-E1 interactions during papillomavirus DNA replication. A model for recruitment of RPA by E1 during papillomavirus DNA replication is proposed.
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- Yueh-Ming Loo
- Department of Microbiology, and Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Block WD, Yu Y, Lees-Miller SP. Phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase-like serine/threonine protein kinases (PIKKs) are required for DNA damage-induced phosphorylation of the 32 kDa subunit of replication protein A at threonine 21. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:997-1005. [PMID: 14872059 PMCID: PMC373400 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Replication protein A (RPA) is a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding protein involved in various processes, including nucleotide excision repair and DNA replication. The 32 kDa subunit of RPA (RPA32) is phosphorylated in response to various DNA-damaging agents, and two protein kinases, ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and the DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) have been implicated in DNA damage-induced phosphorylation of RPA32. However, the relative roles of ATM and DNA-PK in the site-specific DNA damage-induced phosphorylation of RPA32 have not been reported. Here we generated a phosphospecific antibody that recognizes Thr21-phosphorylated RPA32. We show that both DNA-PK and ATM phosphorylate RPA32 on Thr21 in vitro. Ionizing radiation (IR)-induced phosphorylation of RPA32 on Thr21 was defective in ATM-deficient cells, while camptothecin (CPT)-induced phosphorylation of RPA32 on Thr21 was defective in cells lacking functional DNA-PK. Neither ATM nor DNA-PK was required for etoposide (ETOP)-induced RPA32 Thr21 phosphorylation. However, two inhibitors of the ATM- and Rad3-related (ATR) protein kinase activity prevented ETOP-induced Thr21 phosphorylation. Inhibition of DNA replication prevented both the IR- and CPT-induced phosphorylation of Thr21, whereas ETOP-induced Thr21 phosphorylation did not require active DNA replication. Thus, the regulation of RPA32 Thr21 phosphorylation by multiple DNA damage response protein kinases suggests that Thr21 phosphorylation of RPA32 is a crucial step within the DNA damage response.
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- Wesley D Block
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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Kaufmann G, Nethanel T. Did an early version of the eukaryal replisome enable the emergence of chromatin? PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 77:173-209. [PMID: 15196893 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(04)77005-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Gabriel Kaufmann
- Biochemistry Department, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
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Uprichard SL, Knipe DM. Conformational changes in the herpes simplex virus ICP8 DNA-binding protein coincident with assembly in viral replication structures. J Virol 2003; 77:7467-76. [PMID: 12805446 PMCID: PMC164794 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.13.7467-7476.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The herpes simplex virus (HSV) single-stranded DNA-binding protein, ICP8, is required for viral DNA synthesis. Before viral DNA replication, ICP8 colocalizes with other replication proteins at small punctate foci called prereplicative sites. With the onset of viral genome amplification, these proteins become redistributed into large globular replication compartments. Here we present the results of immunocytochemical and biochemical analysis of ICP8 showing that various antibodies recognize distinct forms of ICP8. Using these ICP8-specific antibodies as probes for ICP8 structure, we detected a time-dependent appearance and disappearance of ICP8 epitopes in immunoprecipitation assays. Immunofluorescence staining of ICP8 in cells infected with different HSV mutant viruses as well as cells transfected with a limited number of viral genes demonstrated that these and other antigenic changes occur coincident with ICP8 assembly at intranuclear replication structures. Genetic analysis has revealed a correlation between the ability of various ICP8 mutant proteins to form the 39S epitope and their ability to bind to DNA. These results support the hypothesis that ICP8 undergoes a conformational change upon binding to other HSV proteins and/or to DNA coincident with assembly into viral DNA replication structures.
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- Susan L Uprichard
- Committee on Virology and Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Mer G, Bochkarev A, Chazin WJ, Edwards AM. Three-dimensional structure and function of replication protein A. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2003; 65:193-200. [PMID: 12760033 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2000.65.193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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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- G Mer
- Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Pestryakov PE, Weisshart K, Schlott B, Khodyreva SN, Kremmer E, Grosse F, Lavrik OI, Nasheuer HP. Human replication protein A. The C-terminal RPA70 and the central RPA32 domains are involved in the interactions with the 3'-end of a primer-template DNA. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:17515-24. [PMID: 12600993 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301265200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [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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Although the mechanical aspects of the single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding activity of human replication protein A (RPA) have been extensively studied, only limited information is available about its interaction with other physiologically relevant DNA structures. RPA interacts with partial DNA duplexes that resemble DNA intermediates found in the processes of DNA replication and DNA repair. Limited proteolysis of RPA showed that RPA associated with ssDNA is less protected against proteases than RPA bound to a partial duplex DNA containing a 5'-protruding tail that had the same length as the ssDNA. Modification of both the 70- and 32-kDa subunits, RPA70 and RPA32, respectively, by photoaffinity labeling indicates that RPA can bind the primer-template junction of partial duplex DNAs by interacting with the 3'-end of the primer. The identification of the protein domains modified by the photoreactive 3'-end of the primer showed that domains located in the central part of the RPA32 subunit (amino acids 39-180) and the C-terminal part of the RPA70 subunit (amino acids 432-616) are involved in these interactions.
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- Pavel E Pestryakov
- Abteilung Biochemie, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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Sukhodolets KE, Hickman AB, Agarwal SK, Sukhodolets MV, Obungu VH, Novotny EA, Crabtree JS, Chandrasekharappa SC, Collins FS, Spiegel AM, Burns AL, Marx SJ. The 32-kilodalton subunit of replication protein A interacts with menin, the product of the MEN1 tumor suppressor gene. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:493-509. [PMID: 12509449 PMCID: PMC151531 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.2.493-509.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Menin is a 70-kDa protein encoded by MEN1, the tumor suppressor gene disrupted in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. In a yeast two-hybrid system based on reconstitution of Ras signaling, menin was found to interact with the 32-kDa subunit (RPA2) of replication protein A (RPA), a heterotrimeric protein required for DNA replication, recombination, and repair. The menin-RPA2 interaction was confirmed in a conventional yeast two-hybrid system and by direct interaction between purified proteins. Menin-RPA2 binding was inhibited by a number of menin missense mutations found in individuals with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1, and the interacting regions were mapped to the N-terminal portion of menin and amino acids 43 to 171 of RPA2. This region of RPA2 contains a weak single-stranded DNA-binding domain, but menin had no detectable effect on RPA-DNA binding in vitro. Menin bound preferentially in vitro to free RPA2 rather than the RPA heterotrimer or a subcomplex consisting of RPA2 bound to the 14-kDa subunit (RPA3). However, the 70-kDa subunit (RPA1) was coprecipitated from HeLa cell extracts along with RPA2 by menin-specific antibodies, suggesting that menin binds to the RPA heterotrimer or a novel RPA1-RPA2-containing complex in vivo. This finding was consistent with the extensive overlap in the nuclear localization patterns of endogenous menin, RPA2, and RPA1 observed by immunofluorescence.
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- Karen E Sukhodolets
- Metabolic Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1802, USA.
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Jackson D, Dhar K, Wahl JK, Wold MS, Borgstahl GEO. Analysis of the human replication protein A:Rad52 complex: evidence for crosstalk between RPA32, RPA70, Rad52 and DNA. J Mol Biol 2002; 321:133-48. [PMID: 12139939 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00541-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The eukaryotic single-stranded DNA-binding protein, replication protein A (RPA), is essential for DNA replication, and plays important roles in DNA repair and DNA recombination. Rad52 and RPA, along with other members of the Rad52 epistasis group of genes, repair double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs). Two repair pathways involve RPA and Rad52, homologous recombination and single-strand annealing. Two binding sites for Rad52 have been identified on RPA. They include the previously identified C-terminal domain (CTD) of RPA32 (residues 224-271) and the newly identified domain containing residues 169-326 of RPA70. A region on Rad52, which includes residues 218-303, binds RPA70 as well as RPA32. The N-terminal region of RPA32 does not appear to play a role in the formation of the RPA:Rad52 complex. It appears that the RPA32CTD can substitute for RPA70 in binding Rad52. Sequence homology between RPA32 and RPA70 was used to identify a putative Rad52-binding site on RPA70 that is located near DNA-binding domains A and B. Rad52 binding to RPA increases ssDNA affinity significantly. Mutations in DBD-D on RPA32 show that this domain is primarily responsible for the ssDNA binding enhancement. RPA binding to Rad52 inhibits the higher-order self-association of Rad52 rings. Implications for these results for the "hand-off" mechanism between protein-protein partners, including Rad51, in homologous recombination and single-strand annealing are discussed.
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- Doba Jackson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, OH 43606-3390, USA
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Riedinger HJ, van Betteraey-Nikoleit M, Probst H. Re-oxygenation of hypoxic simian virus 40 (SV40)-infected CV1 cells causes distinct changes of SV40 minichromosome-associated replication proteins. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:2383-93. [PMID: 11985622 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.02902.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hypoxia interrupts the initiation of simian virus 40 (SV40) replication in vivo at a stage situated before unwinding of the origin region. After re-oxygenation, unwinding followed by a synchronous round of viral replication takes place. To further characterize the hypoxia-induced inhibition of unwinding, we analysed the binding of several replication proteins to the viral minichromosome before and after re-oxygenation. T antigen, the 34-kDa subunit of replication protein A (RPA), topoisomerase I, the 48-kDa subunit of primase, the 125-kDa subunit of polymerase delta, and the 37-kDa subunit of replication factor C (RFC) were present at the viral chromatin already under hypoxia. The 70-kDa subunit of RPA, the 180-kDa subunit of polymerase alpha, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were barely detectable at the SV40 chromatin under hypoxia and significantly increased after re-oxygenation. Immunoprecipitation of minichromosomes with T antigen-specific antibody and subsequent digestion with micrococcus nuclease revealed that most of the minichromosome-bound T antigen was associated with the viral origin in hypoxic and in re-oxygenated cells. T antigen-catalysed unwinding of the SV40 origin occurred, however, only after re-oxygenation as indicated by (a) increased sensitivity of re-oxygenated minichromosomes against digestion with single-stranded DNA-specific nuclease P1; (b) stabilization of RPA-34 binding at the SV40 minichromosome; and (c) additional phosphorylations of RPA-34 after re-oxygenation, probably catalysed by DNA-dependent protein kinase. The results presented suggest that the subunits of the proteins necessary for unwinding, primer synthesis and primer elongation first assemble at the SV40 origin in form of stable, active complexes directly before they start to work.
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Bochkareva E, Korolev S, Lees-Miller SP, Bochkarev A. Structure of the RPA trimerization core and its role in the multistep DNA-binding mechanism of RPA. EMBO J 2002; 21:1855-63. [PMID: 11927569 PMCID: PMC125950 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.7.1855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2001] [Revised: 01/28/2002] [Accepted: 02/08/2002] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The human single-stranded DNA-binding protein, replication protein A (RPA) binds DNA in at least two different modes: initial [8-10 nucleotides (nt)] and stable ( approximately 30 nt). Switching from 8 to 30 nt mode is associated with a large conformational change. Here we report the 2.8 A structure of the RPA trimerization core comprising the C-terminal DNA-binding domain of subunit RPA70 (DBD-C), the central DNA-binding domain of subunit RPA32 (DBD-D) and the entire RPA14 subunit. All three domains are built around a central oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding (OB)-fold and flanked by a helix at the C-terminus. Trimerization is mediated by three C-terminal helices arranged in parallel. The OB-fold of DBD-C possesses unique structural features; embedded zinc ribbon and helix-turn-helix motifs. Using time-resolved proteolysis with trypsin, we demonstrate that the trimerization core does not contribute to the binding with substrates of 10 nt, but interacts with oligonucleotides of 24 nt. Taken together, our data indicate that switching from 8-10 to 30 nt mode is mediated by DNA binding with the trimerization core.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73190,
Structural Biology Center, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73190,
Structural Biology Center, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73190,
Structural Biology Center, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada Corresponding author e-mail:
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Dudas KC, Scouten SK, Ruyechan WT. Conformational change in the herpes simplex single-strand binding protein induced by DNA. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 288:184-90. [PMID: 11594771 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Protease digestion of the herpes simplex virus type 1 major single-strand DNA binding protein ICP8 showed that the cleavage patterns observed in the presence and absence of single-stranded DNA oligonucleotides are substantially different with protection of cleavage sites between amino acids 293 and 806 observed in the presence of oligonucleotide. Experiments using ICP8 modified with fluorescein-5-maleimide (FM) showed that the fluorescence signal exhibited increased susceptibility to antibody quenching and a significant decrease in polarization of the FM fluorescence was observed in the presence compared to the absence of oligonucleotide. Taken together, these results indicate that ICP8 undergoes a conformational change upon binding to single-stranded DNA.
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- K C Dudas
- Department of Microbiology, Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Bastin-Shanower SA, Brill SJ. Functional analysis of the four DNA binding domains of replication protein A. The role of RPA2 in ssDNA binding. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:36446-53. [PMID: 11479296 PMCID: PMC2796477 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104386200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Replication Protein A (RPA), the heterotrimeric single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding protein of eukaryotes, contains four ssDNA binding domains (DBDs) within its two largest subunits, RPA1 and RPA2. We analyzed the contribution of the four DBDs to ssDNA binding affinity by assaying recombinant yeast RPA in which a single DBD (A, B, C, or D) was inactive. Inactivation was accomplished by mutating the two conserved aromatic stacking residues present in each DBD. Mutation of domain A had the most severe effect and eliminated binding to a short substrate such as (dT)12. RPA containing mutations in DBDs B and C bound to substrates (dT)12, 17, and 23 but with reduced affinity compared with wild type RPA. Mutation of DBD-D had little or no effect on the binding of RPA to these substrates. However, mutations in domain D did affect the binding to oligonucleotides larger than 23 nucleotides (nt). Protein-DNA cross-linking indicated that DBD-A (in RPA1) is essential for RPA1 to interact efficiently with substrates of 12 nt or less and that DBD-D (RPA2) interacts efficiently with oligonucleotides of 27 nt or larger. The data support a sequential model of binding in which DBD-A is responsible for the initial interaction with ssDNA, that domains A, B, and C (RPA1) contact 12-23 nt of ssDNA, and that DBD-D (RPA2) is needed for RPA to interact with substrates that are 23-27 nt in length.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Tel: 732-235-4197 Fax: 732-235-4880
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Grandi P, Eltsov M, Nielsen I, Raska I. DNA double-strand breaks induce formation of RP-A/Ku foci on in vitro reconstituted Xenopus sperm nuclei. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:3345-57. [PMID: 11591822 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.18.3345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Replication protein A (RP-A) is involved in DNA replication, repair and recombination. It has been demonstrated that RP-A clusters in foci prior to DNA replication and redistributes over chromatin during S-phase. Here, we show that RP-A foci also form in response to DNA double-strand (ds) breaks produced on Xenopus laevis sperm nuclei by restriction enzymes and then reconstituted with Xenopus egg high-speed extracts. Ku86 co-localizes with RP-A in the same foci. An unscheduled RP-A-dependent DNA synthesis takes place overlapping with RP-A and Ku86 foci. Immunoelectron-microscopy analysis reveals that these foci correspond to spherical bodies up to 300 nm in diameter, which contain RP-A, Ku86 and DNA. In an independent in vitro assay, we incubated linear dsDNA bound to magnetic beads with Xenopus egg extracts. Here, also RP-A and Ku cluster in foci as seen through immunofluorescence. Both proteins appear to enrich themselves in sequences near the ends of the DNA molecules and influence ligation efficiency of ds linear DNA to these ends. Thus, the Xenopus in vitro system allows for the generation of specific DNA ds breaks, RP-A and Ku can be used as markers for these lesions and the repair of this type of DNA damage can be studied under conditions of a normal nuclear environment.
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- P Grandi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, CH1211-Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Eckerich C, Fackelmayer FO, Knippers R. Zinc affects the conformation of nucleoprotein filaments formed by replication protein A (RPA) and long natural DNA molecules. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1538:67-75. [PMID: 11341984 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(00)00138-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Replication protein A is the major single strand DNA binding protein of human cells, composed of three subunits with molecular weights of 70, 32, and 14 kDa. Most of the DNA binding activity of RPA has been mapped to the largest subunit that contains two OB-fold DNA binding domains and a third, OB-like structure in the carboxyterminal domain (CTD). This third domain resembles an OB-fold with a zinc binding domain inserted in the middle of the structure, and has recently been shown to carry a coordinated Zn(II) ion. The bound metal ion is essential for the tertiary structure of the RPA70-CTD, and appears to modulate its DNA binding activity when tested with synthetic oligonucleotides. We show here that zinc strongly affects the conformation of nucleoprotein filaments formed between RPA and long natural DNA molecules. In these experiments, the CTD is dispensable for DNA binding and the unwinding of long double stranded DNA molecules. However, using band shift assays and electron microscopy, we found that RPA-DNA complexes contract at zinc concentrations that do not affect the conformations of complexes formed between DNA and a RPA70 deletion construct lacking the CTD. Our data suggest that nucleoprotein complexes with RPA in its natural, zinc-bearing form may have a compact rather than an extended conformation.
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- C Eckerich
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany.
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Bochkareva E, Belegu V, Korolev S, Bochkarev A. Structure of the major single-stranded DNA-binding domain of replication protein A suggests a dynamic mechanism for DNA binding. EMBO J 2001; 20:612-8. [PMID: 11157767 PMCID: PMC133470 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.3.612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Although structures of single-stranded (ss)DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) have been reported with and without ssDNA, the mechanism of ssDNA binding in eukarya remains speculative. Here we report a 2.5 Angstroms structure of the ssDNA-binding domain of human replication protein A (RPA) (eukaryotic SSB), for which we previously reported a structure in complex with ssDNA. A comparison of free and bound forms of RPA revealed that ssDNA binding is associated with a major reorientation between, and significant conformational changes within, the structural modules--OB-folds--which comprise the DNA-binding domain. Two OB-folds, whose tandem orientation was stabilized by the presence of DNA, adopted multiple orientations in its absence. Within the OB-folds, extended loops implicated in DNA binding significantly changed conformation in the absence of DNA. Analysis of intermolecular contacts suggested the possibility that other RPA molecules and/or other proteins could compete with DNA for the same binding site. Using this mechanism, protein-protein interactions can regulate, and/or be regulated by DNA binding. Combined with available biochemical data, this structure also suggested a dynamic model for the DNA-binding mechanism.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 975 NE 10th Street, BRC-466, Oklahoma City, OK 73190 and
Structural Biology Center, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 975 NE 10th Street, BRC-466, Oklahoma City, OK 73190 and
Structural Biology Center, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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Kolpashchikov DM, Khodyreva SN, Khlimankov DY, Wold MS, Favre A, Lavrik OI. Polarity of human replication protein A binding to DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:373-9. [PMID: 11139606 PMCID: PMC29666 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.2.373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Replication protein A (RPA), the nuclear single-stranded DNA binding protein is involved in DNA replication, nucleotide excision repair (NER) and homologous recombination. It is a stable heterotrimer consisting of subunits with molecular masses of 70, 32 and 14 kDa (p70, p32 and p14, respectively). Gapped DNA structures are common intermediates during DNA replication and NER. To analyze the interaction of RPA and its subunits with gapped DNA we designed structures containing 9 and 30 nucleotide gaps with a photoreactive arylazido group at the 3'-end of the upstream oligonucleotide or at the 5'-end of the downstream oligonucleotide. UV crosslinking and subsequent analysis showed that the p70 subunit mainly interacts with the 5'-end of DNA irrespective of DNA structure, while the subunit orientation towards the 3'-end of DNA in the gap structures strongly depends on the gap size. The results are compared with the data obtained previously with the primer-template systems containing 5'- or 3'-protruding DNA strands. Our results suggest a model of polar RPA binding to the gapped DNA.
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- D M Kolpashchikov
- Novosibirsk Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Lavrentiev 8, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Mapelli M, Mühleisen M, Persico G, van Der Zandt H, Tucker PA. The 60-residue C-terminal region of the single-stranded DNA binding protein of herpes simplex virus type 1 is required for cooperative DNA binding. J Virol 2000; 74:8812-22. [PMID: 10982323 PMCID: PMC102075 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.19.8812-8822.2000] [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] [Received: 03/06/2000] [Accepted: 06/30/2000] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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ICP8 is the major single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding protein of the herpes simplex virus type 1 and is required for the onset and maintenance of viral genomic replication. To identify regions responsible for the cooperative binding to ssDNA, several mutants of ICP8 have been characterized. Total reflection X-ray fluorescence experiments on the constructs confirmed the presence of one zinc atom per molecule. Comparative analysis of the mutants by electrophoretic mobility shift assays was done with oligonucleotides for which the number of bases is approximately that occluded by one protein molecule. The analysis indicated that neither removal of the 60-amino-acid C-terminal region nor Cys254Ser and Cys455Ser mutations qualitatively affect the intrinsic DNA binding ability of ICP8. The C-terminal deletion mutants, however, exhibit a total loss of cooperativity on longer ssDNA stretches. This behavior is only slightly modulated by the two-cysteine substitution. Circular dichroism experiments suggest a role for this C-terminal tail in protein stabilization as well as in intermolecular interactions. The results show that the cooperative nature of the ssDNA binding of ICP8 is localized in the 60-residue C-terminal region. Since the anchoring of a C- or N-terminal arm of one protein onto the adjacent one on the DNA strand has been reported for other ssDNA binding proteins, this appears to be the general structural mechanism responsible for the cooperative ssDNA binding by this class of protein.
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- M Mapelli
- Structural Biology Programme, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, D69012 Heidelberg, Germany
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Daniely Y, Borowiec JA. Formation of a complex between nucleolin and replication protein A after cell stress prevents initiation of DNA replication. J Cell Biol 2000; 149:799-810. [PMID: 10811822 PMCID: PMC2174572 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.4.799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/1999] [Accepted: 04/07/2000] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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We used a biochemical screen to identify nucleolin, a key factor in ribosome biogenesis, as a high-affinity binding partner for the heterotrimeric human replication protein A (hRPA). Binding studies in vitro demonstrated that the two proteins physically interact, with nucleolin using an unusual contact with the small hRPA subunit. Nucleolin significantly inhibited both simian virus 40 (SV-40) origin unwinding and SV-40 DNA replication in vitro, likely by nucleolin preventing hRPA from productive interaction with the SV-40 initiation complex. In vivo, use of epifluorescence and confocal microscopy showed that heat shock caused a dramatic redistribution of nucleolin from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm. Nucleolin relocalization was concomitant with a tenfold increase in nucleolin-hRPA complex formation. The relocalized nucleolin significantly overlapped with the position of hRPA, but only poorly with sites of ongoing DNA synthesis. We suggest that the induced nucleolin-hRPA interaction signifies a novel mechanism that represses chromosomal replication after cell stress.
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- Yaron Daniely
- Department of Biochemistry, and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- Department of Biochemistry, and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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Rodrigo G, Roumagnac S, Wold MS, Salles B, Calsou P. DNA replication but not nucleotide excision repair is required for UVC-induced replication protein A phosphorylation in mammalian cells. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:2696-705. [PMID: 10733572 PMCID: PMC85485 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.8.2696-2705.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Exposure of mammalian cells to short-wavelength light (UVC) triggers a global response which can either counteract the deleterious effect of DNA damage by enabling DNA repair or lead to apoptosis. Several stress-activated protein kinases participate in this response, making phosphorylation a strong candidate for being involved in regulating the cellular damage response. One factor that is phosphorylated in a UVC-dependent manner is the 32-kDa subunit of the single-stranded DNA-binding replication protein A (RPA32). RPA is required for major cellular processes like DNA replication, and removal of DNA damage by nucleotide excision repair (NER). In this study we examined the signal which triggers RPA32 hyperphosphorylation following UVC irradiation in human cells. Hyperphosphorylation of RPA was observed in cells from patients with either NER or transcription-coupled repair (TCR) deficiency (A, C, and G complementation groups of xeroderma pigmentosum and A and B groups of Cockayne syndrome, respectively). This exclude both NER intermediates and TCR as essential signals for RPA hyperphosphorylation. However, we have observed that UV-sensitive cells deficient in NER and TCR require lower doses of UV irradiation to induce RPA32 hyperphosphorylation than normal cells, indicating that persistent unrepaired lesions contribute to RPA phosphorylation. Finally, the results of UVC irradiation experiments on nonreplicating cells and S-phase-synchronized cells emphasize a major role for DNA replication arrest in the presence of UVC lesions in RPA UVC-induced hyperphosphorylation in mammalian cells.
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- G Rodrigo
- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, CNRS UPR 9062, F-31077 Toulouse Cedex, France
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Lavrik OI, Kolpashchikov DM, Weisshart K, Nasheuer HP, Khodyreva SN, Favre A. RPA subunit arrangement near the 3'-end of the primer is modulated by the length of the template strand and cooperative protein interactions. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:4235-40. [PMID: 10518616 PMCID: PMC148699 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.21.4235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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To analyze the interaction of human replication protein A (RPA) and its subunits with the DNA template-primer junction in the DNA replication fork, we designed several template-primer systems differing in the size of the single-stranded template tail (4, 9, 13, 14, 19 and 31 nt). Base substituted photoreactive dNTP analogs-5-[ N -(2-nitro-5-azidobenzoyl)- trans -3-amino-propenyl-1]-2'-deoxyuridine-5'-triphosphate (NAB-4-dUTP) and 5-[ N -[ N -(2-nitro-5-azidobenzoyl)glycyl]- trans -3-aminopropenyl-1]-2'-deoxyuridine-5'-triphosphate (NAB-7-dUTP)-were used as substrates for elongation of radiolabeled primer-template by DNA polymerases in the presence or absence of RPA. Subsequent UV crosslinking showed that the pattern of p32 and p70 RPA subunit labeling, and consequently their interaction with the template-primer junction, is strongly dependent on the template extension length at a particular RPA concentration, as well as on the ratio of RPA to template concentration. Our results suggest a model of changes in the RPA configuration modulating by the length of the template extension in the course of nascent DNA synthesis.
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- O I Lavrik
- Novosibirsk Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Prospect Lavrentiev 8, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.
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Schweizer U, Hey T, Lipps G, Krauss G. Photocrosslinking locates a binding site for the large subunit of human replication protein A to the damaged strand of cisplatin-modified DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:3183-9. [PMID: 10454616 PMCID: PMC148546 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.15.3183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The repair proteins XPA, XPC and replication protein A (RPA) have been implicated in the primary recognition of damaged DNA sites during nucleotide excision repair. Detailed structural information on the binding of these proteins to DNA lesions is however lacking. We have studied the binding of human RPA (hRPA) and hRPA-XPA-complexes to model oligonucleo-tides containing a single 1, 3-d(GTG)-cisplatin-modification by photocrosslinking and electrophoretic mobility shift experiments. The 70 kDa subunit of hRPA can be crosslinked with high efficiency to cisplatin-modified DNA probes carrying 5-iodo-2"-deoxyuridin (5-IdU) as crosslinking chromophore. High efficiency crosslinking is dependent on the presence of the DNA lesion and occurs preferentially at its 5"-side. Examination of the crosslinking efficiency in dependence on the position of the 5-IdU chromophore indicates a specific positioning of hRPA with respect to the platination site. When hRPA and XPA are both present mainly hRPA is crosslinked to the DNA. Our mobility shift experiments directly show the formation of a stable ternary complex of hRPA, XPA and the damaged DNA. The affinity of the XPA-hRPA complex to the damaged DNA is increased by more than one order of magnitude as compared to hRPA alone.
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- U Schweizer
- Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, D-95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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Kohn KW. Molecular interaction map of the mammalian cell cycle control and DNA repair systems. Mol Biol Cell 1999; 10:2703-34. [PMID: 10436023 PMCID: PMC25504 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.8.2703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 280] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Eventually to understand the integrated function of the cell cycle regulatory network, we must organize the known interactions in the form of a diagram, map, and/or database. A diagram convention was designed capable of unambiguous representation of networks containing multiprotein complexes, protein modifications, and enzymes that are substrates of other enzymes. To facilitate linkage to a database, each molecular species is symbolically represented only once in each diagram. Molecular species can be located on the map by means of indexed grid coordinates. Each interaction is referenced to an annotation list where pertinent information and references can be found. Parts of the network are grouped into functional subsystems. The map shows how multiprotein complexes could assemble and function at gene promoter sites and at sites of DNA damage. It also portrays the richness of connections between the p53-Mdm2 subsystem and other parts of the network.
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- K W Kohn
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Treuner K, Findeisen M, Strausfeld U, Knippers R. Phosphorylation of replication protein A middle subunit (RPA32) leads to a disassembly of the RPA heterotrimer. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:15556-61. [PMID: 10336450 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.22.15556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Replication protein A (RPA), the major eukaryotic single-strand specific DNA binding protein, consists of three subunits, RPA70, RPA32, and RPA14. The middle subunit, RPA32, is phosphorylated in a cell cycle-dependent manner. RPA occurs in two nuclear compartments, bound to chromatin or free in the nucleosol. We show here that the chromatin-associated fraction of RPA contains the phosphorylated forms of RPA32. Treatment of chromatin with 0.4 M NaCl releases bound RPA and causes a separation of the large and the phosphorylated middle RPA subunit. Unmodified RPA in the nucleosolic fraction remains perfectly stable under identical conditions. Phosphorylation is most likely an important determinant of RPA desintegration because dialysis from 0.4 to 0.1 NaCl causes the reformation of trimeric RPA only under dephosphorylating conditions. Biochemical studies with isolated Cyclin-dependent protein kinases showed that cyclin A/CDK1 and cyclin B/CDK1, but not cyclin E/CDK2, can phosphorylate human recombinant RPA in vitro. However, only a small fraction of in vitro phosphorylated RPA desintegrated, suggesting that phosphorylation may be one, but probably not the only, determinant affecting subunit interaction. We speculate that phosphorylation and changes in subunit interaction are required for the proposed role of RPA during the polymerase switch at replication forks.
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- K Treuner
- Department of Biology, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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Dong J, Park JS, Lee SH. In vitro analysis of the zinc-finger motif in human replication protein A. Biochem J 1999; 337 ( Pt 2):311-7. [PMID: 9882630 PMCID: PMC1219967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Human replication protein A (RPA) is composed of 70, 34 and 11 kDa subunits (p70, p34 and p11 respectively) and functions in all three major DNA metabolic processes: replication, repair and recombination. Recent deletion analysis demonstrated that the large subunit of RPA, p70, has multiple functional domains, including a DNA polymerase alpha-stimulation domain and a single-stranded DNA-binding domain. It also contains a putative metal-binding domain of the 4-cysteine type (Cys-Xaa4-Cys-Xaa13-Cys-Xaa2-Cys) that is highly conserved among eukaryotes. To study the role of this domain in DNA metabolism, we created various p70 mutants that lack the zinc-finger motif (by Cys-->Ala substitutions). Mutation at the zinc-finger domain (ZFM) abolished RPA's function in nucleotide excision repair (NER), but had very little impact on DNA replication. The failure of zinc-finger mutant RPA in NER may be explained by the observation that wild-type RPA significantly stimulated DNA polymerase delta activity, whereas only marginal stimulation was observed with zinc-finger mutant RPA. We also observed that ZFM reduced RPA's single-stranded DNA-binding activity by 2-3-fold in the presence of low amounts of RPA. Interestingly, the ZFM abolished phosphorylation of the p34 subunit by DNA-dependent protein kinase, but not that by cyclin-dependent kinase. Taker together, our results strongly suggest a positive role for RPA's zinc finger domain in its function.
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- J Dong
- Department of Virology and Molecular Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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Lavrik OI, Kolpashchikov DM, Nasheuer HP, Weisshart K, Favre A. Alternative conformations of human replication protein A are detected by crosslinks with primers carrying a photoreactive group at the 3'-end. FEBS Lett 1998; 441:186-90. [PMID: 9883881 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01544-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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To analyze the influence of single-stranded template extension of DNA duplex on the conformation of human replication protein A (RPA) bound to DNA we have designed two template-primer systems differing by the size of the single-stranded template tail (9 and 19 nucleotides (nt)). Base-substituted photoreactive dUTP analogs were used as substrates for elongation of radiolabeled template-primer by DNA polymerase beta in the absence or in the presence of RPA. Following UV-crosslinking it was demonstrated that the pattern of RPA subunit labeling and consequently RPA arrangement near the 3'-end of the primer is strongly dependent upon the length of the template extension.
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- O I Lavrik
- Novosibirsk Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Brill SJ, Bastin-Shanower S. Identification and characterization of the fourth single-stranded-DNA binding domain of replication protein A. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:7225-34. [PMID: 9819409 PMCID: PMC109304 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.12.7225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Replication protein A (RPA), the heterotrimeric single-stranded-DNA (ssDNA) binding protein (SSB) of eukaryotes, contains two homologous ssDNA binding domains (A and B) in its largest subunit, RPA1, and a third domain in its second-largest subunit, RPA2. Here we report that Saccharomyces cerevisiae RPA1 contains a previously undetected ssDNA binding domain (domain C) lying in tandem with domains A and B. The carboxy-terminal portion of domain C shows sequence similarity to domains A and B and to the region of RPA2 that binds ssDNA (domain D). The aromatic residues in domains A and B that are known to stack with the ssDNA bases are conserved in domain C, and as in domain A, one of these is required for viability in yeast. Interestingly, the amino-terminal portion of domain C contains a putative Cys4-type zinc-binding motif similar to that of another prokaryotic SSB, T4 gp32. We demonstrate that the ssDNA binding activity of domain C is uniquely sensitive to cysteine modification but that, as with gp32, ssDNA binding is not strictly dependent on zinc. The RPA heterotrimer is thus composed of at least four ssDNA binding domains and exhibits features of both bacterial and phage SSBs.
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- S J Brill
- Department of Molecular Biology, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, USA.
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Replication protein A (RPA) is the major single strand-specific DNA-binding protein in eukaryotic cells. We have investigated the distribution of RPA in nuclei of proliferating HeLa cells and found that only one-third of the detectable RPA appeared to be bound to DNA in chromatin, whereas the remainder was free in the nucleosol. This distribution did not significantly change when cells were released from a double thymidine block into the S phase of the cell cycle. Single strand-specific endonucleases failed to mobilize RPA bound to chromatin in G1 phase and S phase HeLa cells. In contrast, brief treatments with pancreatic DNase I or with micrococcal nuclease sufficed to release RPA from its chromatin-binding sites. Sucrose gradient analysis of soluble micrococcal nuclease digests showed that the released RPA sedimented free of mono- or oligonucleosomal chromatin fragments, possibly indicating that most of the detectable RPA may be associated with chromatin sites, which are more open to nuclease attack than bulk chromatin. The surprising conclusion is that the majority of the detectable RPA is, either directly or indirectly, associated with double-stranded DNA regions in chromatin from HeLa cells in G1 phase and in S phase.
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- K Treuner
- Department of Biology, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany.
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Mass G, Nethanel T, Kaufmann G. The middle subunit of replication protein A contacts growing RNA-DNA primers in replicating simian virus 40 chromosomes. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:6399-407. [PMID: 9774655 PMCID: PMC109225 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.11.6399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic single-stranded DNA binding protein replication protein A (RPA) participates in major DNA transactions. RPA also interacts through its middle subunit (Rpa2) with regulators of the cell division cycle and of the response to DNA damage. A specific contact between Rpa2 and nascent simian virus 40 DNA was revealed by in situ UV cross-linking. The dynamic attributes of the cross-linked DNA, its size distribution, its RNA primer content, and its replication fork polarity were determined [corrected]. These data suggest that Rpa2 contacts the early DNA chain intermediates synthesized by DNA polymerase alpha-primase (RNA-DNA primers) but not more advanced products. Possible signaling functions of Rpa2 are discussed, and current models of eukaryotic lagging-strand DNA synthesis are evaluated in view of our results.
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- G Mass
- Department of Biochemistry, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
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de Laat WL, Appeldoorn E, Sugasawa K, Weterings E, Jaspers NG, Hoeijmakers JH. DNA-binding polarity of human replication protein A positions nucleases in nucleotide excision repair. Genes Dev 1998; 12:2598-609. [PMID: 9716411 PMCID: PMC317078 DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.16.2598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 234] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The human single-stranded DNA-binding replication A protein (RPA) is involved in various DNA-processing events. By comparing the affinity of hRPA for artificial DNA hairpin structures with 3'- or 5'-protruding single-stranded arms, we found that hRPA binds ssDNA with a defined polarity; a strong ssDNA interaction domain of hRPA is positioned at the 5' side of its binding region, a weak ssDNA-binding domain resides at the 3' side. Polarity appears crucial for positioning of the excision repair nucleases XPG and ERCC1-XPF on the DNA. With the 3'-oriented side of hRPA facing a duplex ssDNA junction, hRPA interacts with and stimulates ERCC1-XPF, whereas the 5'-oriented side of hRPA at a DNA junction allows stable binding of XPG to hRPA. Our data pinpoint hRPA to the undamaged strand during nucleotide excision repair. Polarity of hRPA on ssDNA is likely to contribute to the directionality of other hRPA-dependent processes as well.
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- W L de Laat
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Medical Genetics Centre, Erasmus University, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Bochkareva E, Frappier L, Edwards AM, Bochkarev A. The RPA32 subunit of human replication protein A contains a single-stranded DNA-binding domain. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:3932-6. [PMID: 9461578 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.7.3932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Replication protein A (RPA) is a conserved nuclear single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding protein. Human RPA (hRPA) comprises three subunits of approximately 70, 32, and 14 kDa (hRPA70, hRPA32 and hRPA14). RPA is known to bind ssDNA through two ssDNA-binding domains in the RPA70 subunit. Here, we demonstrate that the complex of hRPA32 and hRPA14 has an ssDNA-binding domain. Limited proteolysis of the hRPA14.32 complex defined a core dimer composed of the central region of hRPA32 (amino acids 43-171) and RPA14. The core dimer bound ssDNA with an affinity of approximately 10-50 microM, which is at least 100-fold more avid than the DNA-binding affinity of the intact dimer. Analysis of the predicted secondary structure of hRPA32 suggests that amino acids 63-150 of hRPA32 form an ssDNA-binding domain similar in structure to each of those in hRPA70. The complex of hRPA14 and hRPA32-(43-171) in turn formed a trimeric complex with the C-terminal region of hRPA70 (amino acids 436-616). The ssDNA-binding affinity of this trimeric complex was 3 to 5-fold higher than hRPA14.32-(43-171) alone, suggesting a role for the C terminus of hRPA70 in ssDNA binding.
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- E Bochkareva
- Ontario Cancer Institute, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2M9, Canada
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DNA replication is a complicated process that is largely regulated during stages of initiation. The Siman Virus 40 in vitro replication system has served as an excellent model for studies of the initiation of DNA replication, and its regulation, in eukaryotes. Initiation of SV40 replication requires a single viral protein termed T-antigen, all other proteins are supplied by the host. The recent determination of the solution structure of the T-antigen domain that recognizes the SV40 origin has provided significant insights into the initiation process. For example, it has afforded a clearer understanding of origin recognition, T-antigen oligomerization, and DNA unwinding. Furthermore, the Simian virus 40 in vitro replication system has been used to study nascent DNA formation in the vicinity of the viral origin of replication. Among the conclusions drawn from these experiments is that nascent DNA synthesis does not initiate in the core origin in vitro and that Okazaki fragment formation is complex. These and related studies demonstrate that significant progress has been made in understanding the initiation of DNA synthesis at the molecular level.
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- P A Bullock
- Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Lavrik OI, Nasheuer HP, Weisshart K, Wold MS, Prasad R, Beard WA, Wilson SH, Favre A. Subunits of human replication protein A are crosslinked by photoreactive primers synthesized by DNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:602-7. [PMID: 9421522 PMCID: PMC147271 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.2.602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Human replication protein A (huRPA) is a multisubunit protein which is involved in DNA replication, repair and recombination processes. It exists as a stable heterotrimer consisting of p70, p32 and p14 subunits. To understand the contribution of huRPA subunits to DNA binding we applied the photoaffinity labeling technique. The photoreactive oligonucleotide was synthesized in situ by DNA polymerases. 5-[N-(2-nitro-5-azidobenzoyl)-trans -3-aminopropenyl-1]deoxyuridine-5'-triphosphate (NABdUTP) was used as substrate for elongation of a radiolabeled primer logical ortemplate either by human DNA polymerase alpha primase (polalpha), human DNA polymerase beta (polbeta) or Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I (KF). The polymerase was incubated with NABdUTP and radiolabeled primer-template in the presence or absence of huRPA. The reaction mixtures were then irradiated with monochromatic UV light (315 nm) and the crosslinked products were separated by SDS-PAGE. The results clearly demonstrate crosslinking of the huRPA p70 and p32 subunits with DNA. The p70 subunit appears to bind to the single-stranded part of the DNA duplex, the p32 subunit locates near the 3'-end of the primer, while the p14 subunit locates relatively far from the 3'-end of the primer. This approach opens new possibilities for analysis of huRPA loading on DNA in the course of DNA replication and DNA repair.
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- O I Lavrik
- Institut Jacques Monod CNRS, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Wall JS, Hainfeld JF, Simon MN. Scanning transmission electron microscopy of nuclear structures. Methods Cell Biol 1997; 53:139-64. [PMID: 9348508 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)60878-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- J S Wall
- Department of Biology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Evans E, Moggs JG, Hwang JR, Egly JM, Wood RD. Mechanism of open complex and dual incision formation by human nucleotide excision repair factors. EMBO J 1997; 16:6559-73. [PMID: 9351836 PMCID: PMC1170260 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.21.6559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 372] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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During nucleotide excision repair in human cells, a damaged DNA strand is cleaved by two endonucleases, XPG on the 3' side of the lesion and ERCC1-XPF on the 5' side. These structure-specific enzymes act at junctions between duplex and single-stranded DNA. ATP-dependent formation of an open DNA structure of approximately 25 nt around the adduct precedes this dual incision. We investigated the mechanism of open complex formation and find that mutations in XPB or XPD, the DNA helicase subunits of the transcription and repair factor TFIIH, can completely prevent opening and dual incision in cell-free extracts. A deficiency in XPC protein also prevents opening. The absence of RPA, XPA or XPG activities leads to an intermediate level of strand separation. In contrast, XPF or ERCC1-defective extracts open normally and generate a 3' incision, but fail to form the 5' incision. This same repair defect was observed in extracts from human xeroderma pigmentosum cells with an alteration in the C-terminal domain of XPB, suggesting that XPB has an additional role in facilitating 5' incision by ERCC1-XPF nuclease. These data support a mechanism in which TFIIH-associated helicase activity and XPC protein catalyze initial formation of the key open intermediate, with full extension to the cleavage sites promoted by the other core nucleotide excision repair factors. Opening is followed by dual incision, with the 3' cleavage made first.
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- E Evans
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Clare Hall Laboratories, Hertfordshire, UK
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD51 gene product takes part in genetic recombination and repair of DNA double strand breaks. Rad51, like Escherichia coli RecA, catalyzes strand exchange between homologous circular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and linear double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) in the presence of ATP and ssDNA-binding protein. The formation of joint molecules between circular ssDNA and linear dsDNA is initiated at either the 5' or the 3' overhanging end of the complementary strand; joint molecules are formed only if the length of the overhanging end is more than 1 nucleotide. Linear dsDNAs with recessed complementary or blunt ends are not utilized. The polarity of strand exchange depends upon which end is used to initiate the formation of joint molecules. Joint molecules formed via the 5' end are processed by branch migration in the 3'-to-5' direction with respect to ssDNA, and joint molecules formed with a 3' end are processed in the opposite direction.
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- E Namsaraev
- Department of Biochemistry, Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University, California 94305, USA
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Iftode C, Borowiec JA. Denaturation of the simian virus 40 origin of replication mediated by human replication protein A. Mol Cell Biol 1997; 17:3876-83. [PMID: 9199322 PMCID: PMC232240 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.7.3876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The initiation of simian virus 40 (SV40) replication requires recognition of the viral origin of replication (ori) by SV40 T antigen, followed by denaturation of ori in a reaction dependent upon human replication protein A (hRPA). To understand how origin denaturation is achieved, we constructed a 48-bp SV40 "pseudo-origin" with a central 8-nucleotide (nt) bubble flanked by viral sequences, mimicking a DNA structure found within the SV40 T antigen-ori complex. hRPA bound the pseudo-origin with similar stoichiometry and an approximately fivefold reduced affinity compared to the binding of a 48-nt single-stranded DNA molecule. The presence of hRPA not only distorted the duplex DNA flanking the bubble but also resulted in denaturation of the pseudo-origin substrate in an ATP-independent reaction. Pseudo-origin denaturation occurred in 7 mM MgCl2, distinguishing this reaction from Mg2+-independent DNA-unwinding activities previously reported for hRPA. Tests of other single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) revealed that pseudo-origin binding correlates with the known ability of these SSBs to support the T-antigen-dependent origin unwinding activity. Our results suggest that hRPA binding to the T antigen-ori complex induces the denaturation of ori including T-antigen recognition sequences, thus releasing T antigen from ori to unwind the viral DNA. The denaturation activity of hRPA has the potential to play a significant role in other aspects of DNA metabolism, including DNA repair.
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- C Iftode
- Department of Biochemistry and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA
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Antoshechkin I, Bogenhagen DF, Mastrangelo IA. The HMG-box mitochondrial transcription factor xl-mtTFA binds DNA as a tetramer to activate bidirectional transcription. EMBO J 1997; 16:3198-206. [PMID: 9214636 PMCID: PMC1169937 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The mitochondrial HMG-box transcription factor xl-mtTFA activates bidirectional transcription by binding to a site separating two core promoters in Xenopus laevis mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Three independent approaches were used to study the higher order structure of xl-mtTFA binding to this site. First, co-immunoprecipitation of differentially tagged recombinant mtTFA derivatives established that the protein exists as a multimer. Second, in vitro chemical cross-linking experiments provided evidence of cross-linked dimers, trimers and tetramers of xl-mtTFA. Finally, high resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) established that xl-mtTFA binds to the specific promoter-proximal site predominantly as a tetramer. Computer analysis of several previously characterized binding sites for xl-mtTFA revealed a fine structure consisting of two half-sites in a symmetrical orientation. The predominant sequence of this dyad symmetry motif shows homology to binding sites of sequence-specific HMG-box-containing proteins such as Sry and Lef-1. We suggest that bidirectional activation of transcription results from the fact that binding of a tetramer of xl-mtTFA permits symmetrical interactions with other components of the transcription machinery at the adjacent core promoters.
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- I Antoshechkin
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794-8651, USA
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Griffith JD, Lee S, Wang YH. Visualizing nucleic acids and their complexes using electron microscopy. Curr Opin Struct Biol 1997; 7:362-6. [PMID: 9204278 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-440x(97)80052-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Microscopic visualization of nucleic acid-protein complexes provides a means of obtaining structural information that is difficult to obtain in any other way, and of verifying conclusions derived from other approaches. The polymorphic, flexible, and irregular nature of these complexes presents particular problems in their analysis.
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- J D Griffith
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7295, USA.
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Niu H, Erdjument-Bromage H, Pan ZQ, Lee SH, Tempst P, Hurwitz J. Mapping of amino acid residues in the p34 subunit of human single-stranded DNA-binding protein phosphorylated by DNA-dependent protein kinase and Cdc2 kinase in vitro. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:12634-41. [PMID: 9139719 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.19.12634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Human single-stranded DNA-binding protein (HSSB, also called RPA), is a heterotrimeric complex that consists of three subunits, p70, p34, and p11. HSSB is essential for the in vitro replication of SV40 DNA and nucleotide excision repair. It also has important functions in other DNA transactions, including DNA recombination, transcription, and double-stranded DNA break repair. The p34 subunit of HSSB is phosphorylated in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Both Cdc2 kinase and the DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) phosphorylate HSSB-p34 in vitro. In this study, we show that efficient phosphorylation of HSSB-p34 by DNA-PK requires Ku as well as DNA. The DNA-PK phosphorylation sites in HSSB-p34 have been mapped at Thr-21 and Ser-33. Kinetic studies demonstrated that a phosphate residue is first incorporated at Thr-21 followed by the incorporation of a second phosphate residue at Ser-33. We also identified Ser-29 as the major Cdc2 kinase phosphorylation site in the p34 subunit.
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- H Niu
- Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Bochkarev A, Pfuetzner RA, Edwards AM, Frappier L. Structure of the single-stranded-DNA-binding domain of replication protein A bound to DNA. Nature 1997; 385:176-81. [PMID: 8990123 DOI: 10.1038/385176a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 436] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The single-stranded-DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) are essential for DNA function in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, mitochondria, phages and viruses. The structures of four SSBs have been solved, but the molecular details of the interaction of SSBs with DNA remain speculative. We report here the crystal structure at 2.4 A resolution of the single-stranded-DNA-binding domain of human replication protein A (RPA) bound to DNA. Replication protein A is a heterotrimeric SSB that is highly conserved in eukaryotes. The largest subunit, RPA70, binds to single-stranded (ss)DNA and mediates interactions with many cellular and viral proteins. The DNA-binding domain, which lies in the middle of RPA70, comprises two structurally homologous subdomains oriented in tandem. The ssDNA lies in a channel that extends from one subdomain to the other. The structure of each RPA70 subdomain is similar to those of the bacteriophage SSBs, indicating that the mechanism of ssDNA-binding is conserved.
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- A Bochkarev
- Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Cancer Research Group, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Wold MS. Replication protein A: a heterotrimeric, single-stranded DNA-binding protein required for eukaryotic DNA metabolism. Annu Rev Biochem 1997; 66:61-92. [PMID: 9242902 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.66.1.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1098] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Replication protein A [RPA; also known as replication factor A (RFA) and human single-stranded DNA-binding protein] is a single-stranded DNA-binding protein that is required for multiple processes in eukaryotic DNA metabolism, including DNA replication, DNA repair, and recombination. RPA homologues have been identified in all eukaryotic organisms examined and are all abundant heterotrimeric proteins composed of subunits of approximately 70, 30, and 14 kDa. Members of this family bind nonspecifically to single-stranded DNA and interact with and/or modify the activities of multiple proteins. In cells, RPA is phosphorylated by DNA-dependent protein kinase when RPA is bound to single-stranded DNA (during S phase and after DNA damage). Phosphorylation of RPA may play a role in coordinating DNA metabolism in the cell. RPA may also have a role in modulating gene expression.
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- M S Wold
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA.
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