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Wan C, Mahara S, Sun C, Doan A, Chua HK, Xu D, Bian J, Li Y, Zhu D, Sooraj D, Cierpicki T, Grembecka J, Firestein R. Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 screen of Wnt/β-catenin signaling identifies therapeutic targets for colorectal cancer. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabf2567. [PMID: 34138730 PMCID: PMC8133758 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abf2567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Aberrant activation of Wnt/β-catenin pathway is a key driver of colorectal cancer (CRC) growth and of great therapeutic importance. In this study, we performed comprehensive CRISPR screens to interrogate the regulatory network of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in CRC cells. We found marked discrepancies between the artificial TOP reporter activity and β-catenin-mediated endogenous transcription and redundant roles of T cell factor/lymphoid enhancer factor transcription factors in transducing β-catenin signaling. Compiled functional genomic screens and network analysis revealed unique epigenetic regulators of β-catenin transcriptional output, including the histone lysine methyltransferase 2A oncoprotein (KMT2A/Mll1). Using an integrative epigenomic and transcriptional profiling approach, we show that KMT2A loss diminishes the binding of β-catenin to consensus DNA motifs and the transcription of β-catenin targets in CRC. These results suggest that KMT2A may be a promising target for CRCs and highlight the broader potential for exploiting epigenetic modulation as a therapeutic strategy for β-catenin-driven malignancies.
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- Chunhua Wan
- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
- Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200025 Shanghai, China
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200025 Shanghai, China
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Centre for Cancer Research, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
- Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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Das T, Pal S, Ganguly A. Human RecQ helicases in transcription-associated stress management: bridging the gap between DNA and RNA metabolism. Biol Chem 2021; 402:617-636. [PMID: 33567180 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2020-0324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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RecQ helicases are a highly conserved class of DNA helicases that play crucial role in almost all DNA metabolic processes including replication, repair and recombination. They are able to unwind a wide variety of complex intermediate DNA structures that may result from cellular DNA transactions and hence assist in maintaining genome integrity. Interestingly, a huge number of recent reports suggest that many of the RecQ family helicases are directly or indirectly involved in regulating transcription and gene expression. On one hand, they can remove complex structures like R-loops, G-quadruplexes or RNA:DNA hybrids formed at the intersection of transcription and replication. On the other hand, emerging evidence suggests that they can also regulate transcription by directly interacting with RNA polymerase or recruiting other protein factors that may regulate transcription. This review summarizes the up to date knowledge on the involvement of three human RecQ family proteins BLM, WRN and RECQL5 in transcription regulation and management of transcription associated stress.
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- Tulika Das
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur721302, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur721302, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur721302, India
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Bobik K, McCray TN, Ernest B, Fernandez JC, Howell KA, Lane T, Staton M, Burch-Smith TM. The chloroplast RNA helicase ISE2 is required for multiple chloroplast RNA processing steps in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 91:114-131. [PMID: 28346704 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2016] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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INCREASED SIZE EXCLUSION LIMIT2 (ISE2) is a chloroplast-localized RNA helicase that is indispensable for proper plant development. Chloroplasts in leaves with reduced ISE2 expression have previously been shown to exhibit reduced thylakoid contents and increased stromal volume, indicative of defective development. It has recently been reported that ISE2 is required for the splicing of group II introns from chloroplast transcripts. The current study extends these findings, and presents evidence for ISE2's role in multiple aspects of chloroplast RNA processing beyond group II intron splicing. Loss of ISE2 from Arabidopsis thaliana leaves resulted in defects in C-to-U RNA editing, altered accumulation of chloroplast transcripts and chloroplast-encoded proteins, and defective processing of chloroplast ribosomal RNAs. Potential ISE2 substrates were identified by RNA immunoprecipitation followed by next-generation sequencing (RIP-seq), and the diversity of RNA species identified supports ISE2's involvement in multiple aspects of chloroplast RNA metabolism. Comprehensive phylogenetic analyses revealed that ISE2 is a non-canonical Ski2-like RNA helicase that represents a separate sub-clade unique to green photosynthetic organisms, consistent with its function as an essential protein. Thus ISE2's evolutionary conservation may be explained by its numerous roles in regulating chloroplast gene expression.
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- Krzysztof Bobik
- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Plant Energy Biology, ARC Center of Excellence, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
- School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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Bacterial Transcription as a Target for Antibacterial Drug Development. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2016; 80:139-60. [PMID: 26764017 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00055-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Transcription, the first step of gene expression, is carried out by the enzyme RNA polymerase (RNAP) and is regulated through interaction with a series of protein transcription factors. RNAP and its associated transcription factors are highly conserved across the bacterial domain and represent excellent targets for broad-spectrum antibacterial agent discovery. Despite the numerous antibiotics on the market, there are only two series currently approved that target transcription. The determination of the three-dimensional structures of RNAP and transcription complexes at high resolution over the last 15 years has led to renewed interest in targeting this essential process for antibiotic development by utilizing rational structure-based approaches. In this review, we describe the inhibition of the bacterial transcription process with respect to structural studies of RNAP, highlight recent progress toward the discovery of novel transcription inhibitors, and suggest additional potential antibacterial targets for rational drug design.
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Lehmann KC, Snijder EJ, Posthuma CC, Gorbalenya AE. What we know but do not understand about nidovirus helicases. Virus Res 2014; 202:12-32. [PMID: 25497126 PMCID: PMC7114383 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Revised: 11/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The ubiquitous nidovirus helicase is a multi-functional enzyme of superfamily 1. Its unique N-terminal domain is most similar to the Upf1 multinuclear zinc-binding domain. It has been implicated in replication, transcription, virion biogenesis, translation and post-transcriptional viral RNA processing. Four different classes of antiviral compounds targeting the helicase have been identified.
Helicases are versatile NTP-dependent motor proteins of monophyletic origin that are found in all kingdoms of life. Their functions range from nucleic acid duplex unwinding to protein displacement and double-strand translocation. This explains their participation in virtually every metabolic process that involves nucleic acids, including DNA replication, recombination and repair, transcription, translation, as well as RNA processing. Helicases are encoded by all plant and animal viruses with a positive-sense RNA genome that is larger than 7 kb, indicating a link to genome size evolution in this virus class. Viral helicases belong to three out of the six currently recognized superfamilies, SF1, SF2, and SF3. Despite being omnipresent, highly conserved and essential, only a few viral helicases, mostly from SF2, have been studied extensively. In general, their specific roles in the viral replication cycle remain poorly understood at present. The SF1 helicase protein of viruses classified in the order Nidovirales is encoded in replicase open reading frame 1b (ORF1b), which is translated to give rise to a large polyprotein following a ribosomal frameshift from the upstream ORF1a. Proteolytic processing of the replicase polyprotein yields a dozen or so mature proteins, one of which includes a helicase. Its hallmark is the presence of an N-terminal multi-nuclear zinc-binding domain, the nidoviral genetic marker and one of the most conserved domains across members of the order. This review summarizes biochemical, structural, and genetic data, including drug development studies, obtained using helicases originating from several mammalian nidoviruses, along with the results of the genomics characterization of a much larger number of (putative) helicases of vertebrate and invertebrate nidoviruses. In the context of our knowledge of related helicases of cellular and viral origin, it discusses the implications of these results for the protein's emerging critical function(s) in nidovirus evolution, genome replication and expression, virion biogenesis, and possibly also post-transcriptional processing of viral RNAs. Using our accumulated knowledge and highlighting gaps in our data, concepts and approaches, it concludes with a perspective on future research aimed at elucidating the role of helicases in the nidovirus replication cycle.
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- Kathleen C Lehmann
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
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Structure and Mechanisms of SF1 DNA Helicases. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2013; 767:17-46. [PMID: 23161005 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5037-5_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Superfamily I is a large and diverse group of monomeric and dimeric helicases defined by a set of conserved sequence motifs. Members of this class are involved in essential processes in both DNA and RNA metabolism in all organisms. In addition to conserved amino acid sequences, they also share a common structure containing two RecA-like motifs involved in ATP binding and hydrolysis and nucleic acid binding and unwinding. Unwinding is facilitated by a "pin" structure which serves to split the incoming duplex. This activity has been measured using both ensemble and single-molecule conditions. SF1 helicase activity is modulated through interactions with other proteins.
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Dunlap D, Yokoyama R, Ling H, Sun HY, McGill K, Cugusi S, Lucchesi JC. Distinct contributions of MSL complex subunits to the transcriptional enhancement responsible for dosage compensation in Drosophila. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:11281-91. [PMID: 23047951 PMCID: PMC3526317 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The regulatory mechanism of dosage compensation is the paramount example of epigenetic regulation at the chromosomal level. In Drosophila, this mechanism, designed to compensate for the difference in the dosage of X-linked genes between the sexes, depends on the MSL complex that enhances the transcription of the single dose of these genes in males. We have investigated the function of various subunits of the complex in mediating dosage compensation. Our results confirm that the highly enriched specific acetylation of histone H4 at lysine 16 of compensated genes by the histone acetyl transferase subunit MOF induces a more disorganized state of their chromatin. We have determined that the association of the MSL complex reduces the level of negative supercoiling of the deoxyribonucleic acid of compensated genes, and we have defined the role that the other subunits of the complex play in this topological modification. Lastly, we have analyzed the potential contribution of ISWI-containing remodeling complexes to the architecture of compensated chromatin, and we suggest a role for this remodeling factor in dosage compensation.
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- David Dunlap
- Department of Cell Biology and Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Speina E, Dawut L, Hedayati M, Wang Z, May A, Schwendener S, Janscak P, Croteau DL, Bohr VA. Human RECQL5beta stimulates flap endonuclease 1. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:2904-16. [PMID: 20081208 PMCID: PMC2875029 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Human RECQL5 is a member of the RecQ helicase family which is implicated in genome maintenance. Five human members of the family have been identified; three of them, BLM, WRN and RECQL4 are associated with elevated cancer risk. RECQL1 and RECQL5 have not been linked to any human disorder yet; cells devoid of RECQL1 and RECQL5 display increased chromosomal instability. Here, we report the physical and functional interaction of the large isomer of RECQL5, RECQL5β, with the human flap endonuclease 1, FEN1, which plays a critical role in DNA replication, recombination and repair. RECQL5β dramatically stimulates the rate of FEN1 cleavage of flap DNA substrates. Moreover, we show that RECQL5β and FEN1 interact physically and co-localize in the nucleus in response to DNA damage. Our findings, together with the previous literature on WRN, BLM and RECQL4’s stimulation of FEN1, suggests that the ability of RecQ helicases to stimulate FEN1 may be a general feature of this class of enzymes. This could indicate a common role for the RecQ helicases in the processing of oxidative DNA damage.
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- Elzbieta Speina
- National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Snyder M, Huang XY, Zhang JJ. The minichromosome maintenance proteins 2-7 (MCM2-7) are necessary for RNA polymerase II (Pol II)-mediated transcription. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:13466-13472. [PMID: 19318354 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m809471200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The MCM2-7 (minichromosome maintenance) proteins are a family of evolutionarily highly conserved proteins. They are essential for DNA replication in yeast and are considered to function as DNA helicases. However, it has long been shown that there is an overabundance of the MCM2-7 proteins when compared with the number of DNA replication origins in chromatin. It has been suggested that the MCM2-7 proteins may function in other biological processes that require the unwinding of the DNA helix. In this report, we show that RNA polymerase II (Pol II)-mediated transcription is dependent on MCM5 and MCM2 proteins. Furthermore, the MCM2-7 proteins are co-localized with RNA Pol II on chromatins of constitutively transcribing genes, and MCM5 is required for transcription elongation of RNA Pol II. Finally, we demonstrate that the integrity of the MCM2-7 hexamer complex and the DNA helicase domain in MCM5 are essential for the process of transcription.
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- Marylynn Snyder
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065.
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Weinberg MS, Barichievy S, Schaffer L, Han J, Morris KV. An RNA targeted to the HIV-1 LTR promoter modulates indiscriminate off-target gene activation. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:7303-12. [PMID: 17959645 PMCID: PMC2175361 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Transcriptional gene silencing (TGS) can be achieved by small RNAs targeted to upstream promoter regions. Previously we characterized siRNAs targeted to the HIV-1 long terminal repeat (LTR) promoter at site 247, and found that a 21-base antisense strand of siRNA-247 (LTR-247as) suppressed LTR-mediated expression. To characterize the specificity of LTR-247as, vectors expressing antisense RNAs targeted to a region spanning 50 bases up- and downstream of the 247 target site were generated. LTR-247as+7, a approximately 22 base antisense RNA that is shifted by only seven bases upstream of LTR-247as, showed a significant increase in LTR-driven reporter gene expression that was independent of cell type and active chromatin methyl-marks. Promoter-targeting siRNAs have been recently shown to induce gene activation. However, here we demonstrate gene activation via a sequence-specific off-target effect. Microarray analysis of LTR-247as+7-treated cultures resulted in the deregulation of approximately 185 genes. A gene of unknown function, C10orf76, was responsive to inhibition by LTR-247as+7 and the loss of C10orf76 resulted in the upregulation of several genes that were activated by LTR-247as+7. These data suggest caution when using short antisense RNAs or siRNAs designed to target promoter sequences, since promoter-targeted RNAs may have unintended inhibitory effects against factors with suppressive gene activity.
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- Marc S Weinberg
- Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, 7 York Rd Parktown 2193, South Africa
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Shin S, Janknecht R. Concerted activation of the Mdm2 promoter by p72 RNA helicase and the coactivators p300 and P/CAF. J Cell Biochem 2007; 101:1252-65. [PMID: 17226766 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A scarcely studied and under-recognized feature of RNA helicases is their ability to regulate gene transcription. In particular, very little is known about the role of p72 RNA helicase in gene regulation. Here, we have analyzed how this helicase may enhance promoter activity. We demonstrate that p72 RNA helicase forms complexes with the homologous coactivators p300 and CBP in vitro and in vivo, especially leading to an enhancement of the transactivation potential of their C-termini. In addition, we show that the p300/CBP-associated protein (P/CAF) also interacts with p72 RNA helicase, and both this interaction and the binding to p300/CBP are mediated by the N-terminal 63 amino acids of p72 RNA helicase. p300, P/CAF and p72 RNA helicase synergize to stimulate selected promoters, including the Mdm2 one. Notably, downregulation of p72 RNA helicase leads to reduced Mdm2 transcription. Furthermore, our data suggest that p72 RNA helicase activates the Mdm2 promoter in a p53 dependent and independent manner. Collectively, our results have unraveled a mechanism of how p72 RNA helicase can regulate gene transcription, namely by cooperating with p300/CBP and P/CAF. Thereby, p72 RNA helicase may not only be involved in the p53-Mdm2 regulatory loop, but also profoundly impact on the transcriptome through various CBP/p300 and P/CAF interacting proteins.
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- Sook Shin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1), a member of the lentivirus subfamily, infects both dividing and nondividing cells and, following reverse transcription of the viral RNA genome, integrates into the host chromatin where it enters into a latent state. Many of the factors governing viral latency remain unresolved and current antiviral treatment regimens are largely ineffective at eliminating cellular reservoirs of latent virus. The recent identification of microRNA (miRNA) encoding sequences embedded in the HIV-1 genome, and the discovery of functional virus-derived miRNAs, suggests a role for RNA Interference (RNAi) in the regulation of HIV-1 gene expression. Recently, the mammalian RNAi machinery was shown to regulate gene expression epigenetically by transcriptional modulation, providing a direct link between RNAi and a mechanism for inducing latency. Interestingly, both HIV-1 Tat, and the host TAR RNA-binding protein (TRBP), bind to the transactivating response (TAR) RNA of HIV-1 and affect the function of RNAi in human cells. Specifically, TRBP, a cofactor in Tat-TAR interactions, is a vital component of Dicer-mediated dsRNA processing. These novel observations support a central role for HIV-1 and associated host factors in regulating cellular RNAi and viral gene expression through RNA directed processes. Thus, HIV-1 may have evolved mechanisms to exploit the RNAi pathway at both the transcriptional and posttranscriptional level to affect and/or maintain a latent infection.
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- Marc S Weinberg
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Haematology, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Parktown, South Africa
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Snyder M, He W, Zhang JJ. The DNA replication factor MCM5 is essential for Stat1-mediated transcriptional activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:14539-44. [PMID: 16199513 PMCID: PMC1253610 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0507479102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The eukaryotic minichromosome maintenance (MCM) family of proteins (MCM2-MCM7) is evolutionarily conserved from yeast to human. These proteins are essential for DNA replication. The signal transducer and activator of transcription proteins are critical for the signal transduction of a multitude of cytokines and growth factors leading to the regulation of gene expression. We previously identified a strong interaction between Stat1 and MCM5. However, the physiological significance of this interaction was not clear. We show here by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analyses that the MCM5 protein, as well as other members of the MCM family, is inducibly recruited to Stat1 target gene promoters in response to cytokine stimulation. Furthermore, the MCM proteins are shown to move along with the RNA polymerase II during transcription elongation. We have also identified an independent domain in MCM5 that mediates the interaction between Stat1 and MCM5; overexpression of this domain can disrupt the interaction between Stat1 and MCM5 and inhibit Stat1 transcriptional activity. Finally, we used the RNA interference technique to show that MCM5 is essential for transcription activation of Stat1 target genes. Together, these results demonstrate that, in addition to their roles in DNA replication, the MCM proteins are also necessary for transcription activation.
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- Marylynn Snyder
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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DNA helicases are molecular 'motor' enzymes that use the energy of NTP hydrolysis to separate transiently energetically stable duplex DNA into single strands. They are therefore essential in nearly all DNA metabolic transactions. They act as essential molecular tools for the cellular machinery. Since the discovery of the first DNA helicase in Escherichia coli in 1976, several have been isolated from both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. DNA helicases generally bind to ssDNA or ssDNA/dsDNA junctions and translocate mainly unidirectionally along the bound strand and disrupt the hydrogen bonds between the duplexes. Most helicases contain conserved motifs which act as an engine to drive DNA unwinding. Crystal structures have revealed an underlying common structural fold for their function. These structures suggest the role of the helicase motifs in catalytic function and offer clues as to how these proteins can translocate and unwind DNA. The genes containing helicase motifs may have evolved from a common ancestor. In this review we cover the conserved motifs, structural information, mechanism of DNA unwinding and translocation, and functional aspects of DNA helicases.
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- Narendra Tuteja
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India.
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Bienstock RJ, Skorvaga M, Mandavilli BS, Van Houten B. Structural and functional characterization of the human DNA repair helicase XPD by comparative molecular modeling and site-directed mutagenesis of the bacterial repair protein UvrB. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:5309-16. [PMID: 12458209 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m210159200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [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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A molecular model for the human nucleotide excision repair protein, XPD, was developed based on the structural and functional relationship of the protein with a bacterial nucleotide excision repair (NER) protein, UvrB. Whereas XPD does not share significant sequence identity with UvrB, the proteins share seven highly conserved helicase motifs that define a common protein structural template. They also have similar functional roles in their ATPase activity and the ability to unwind DNA and verify damaged strands in the process of NER. The validity of using the crystal structure of UvrB as a template for the development of an XPD model was tested by mimicking human disease-causing mutations (XPD: R112H, D234N, R601L) in UvrB (E110R, D338N, R506A) and by mutating two highly conserved residues (XPD, His-237 and Asp-609; UvrB, H341A and D510A). The XPD structural model can be employed in understanding the molecular mechanism of XPD human disease causing mutations. The value of this XPD model demonstrates the generalized approach for the prediction of the structure of a mammalian protein based on the crystal structure of a structurally and functionally related bacterial protein sharing extremely low sequence identity (<15%).
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- Rachelle J Bienstock
- Scientific Computing Laboratory, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Rossow KL, Janknecht R. Synergism between p68 RNA helicase and the transcriptional coactivators CBP and p300. Oncogene 2003; 22:151-6. [PMID: 12527917 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206067] [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: 11/08/2022]
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p68 RNA helicase has been implicated in a variety of processes, including rearrangement of RNA secondary structures, RNA splicing, gene transcription and tumor development, yet its mechanisms of action are not well understood. In this study, we show that p68 is predominantly localized to the cell nucleus, where it partially colocalizes with the transcriptional coactivator p300. Accordingly, p68 and p300, or the paralogous CREB-binding protein (CBP), coimmunoprecipitate. Similarly, p68 and RNA polymerase II (Pol II) are able to interact in vivo. GST pull-down assays confirmed these interactions in vitro, demonstrating that p68 can interact with several domains of CBP, while CBP/p300 bind to amino acids 176-388 of p68 and RNA Pol II binds to the N-terminal 80 amino acids of p68. Furthermore, p68 stimulates transcription mediated by the C-terminal transactivation domain of CBP. p68 is also able to stimulate TPA oncogene responsive unit (TORU) promoter activity, and p300 acts in synergy with p68. On the other hand, suppression of CBP/p300 function by the adenoviral protein E1A abolishes TORU promoter activation by p68. Altogether, our results suggest the existence of a multiprotein complex in which p68 RNA helicase, CBP/p300 and RNA Pol II jointly promote gene expression.
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- Kari L Rossow
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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DNA helicases, motors that move along nucleic acids: Lessons from the SF1 helicase superfamily. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1874-6047(04)80008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Ishiguro H, Shimokawa T, Tsunoda T, Tanaka T, Fujii Y, Nakamura Y, Furukawa Y. Isolation of HELAD1, a novel human helicase gene up-regulated in colorectal carcinomas. Oncogene 2002; 21:6387-94. [PMID: 12214280 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2002] [Revised: 05/17/2002] [Accepted: 06/07/2002] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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To investigate the mechanisms of colorectal carcinogenesis, we searched for genes regulated by adenomatous polyposis coli gene product (APC) and identified a novel gene, termed HELAD1 (helicase, APC down-regulated 1). A recombinant polypeptide representing the ATPases associated with cellular activities (AAA) domain of the HELAD1 product showed 3' to 5' helicase activity and exonuclease activity in vitro. HELAD1 was abundantly expressed in 16 of 20 colon cancers examined but hardly detectable in corresponding non-cancerous mucosae. Treatment of colon-cancer cells with antisense oligonucleotides suppressed its expression and induced apoptosis. These data revealed an importance of HELAD1 in colorectal carcinogenesis and suggest that suppression of HELAD1 may be a promising therapeutic strategy.
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- Hideyuki Ishiguro
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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de la Fuente C, Santiago F, Deng L, Eadie C, Zilberman I, Kehn K, Maddukuri A, Baylor S, Wu K, Lee CG, Pumfery A, Kashanchi F. Gene expression profile of HIV-1 Tat expressing cells: a close interplay between proliferative and differentiation signals. BMC BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 3:14. [PMID: 12069692 PMCID: PMC116586 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-3-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2002] [Accepted: 06/10/2002] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Expression profiling holds great promise for rapid host genome functional analysis. It is plausible that host expression profiling in an infection could serve as a universal phenotype in virally infected cells. Here, we describe the effect of one of the most critical viral activators, Tat, in HIV-1 infected and Tat expressing cells. We utilized microarray analysis from uninfected, latently HIV-1 infected cells, as well as cells that express Tat, to decipher some of the cellular changes associated with this viral activator. RESULTS Utilizing uninfected, HIV-1 latently infected cells, and Tat expressing cells, we observed that most of the cellular host genes in Tat expressing cells were down-regulated. The down-regulation in Tat expressing cells is most apparent on cellular receptors that have intrinsic receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) activity and signal transduction members that mediate RTK function, including Ras-Raf-MEK pathway. Co-activators of transcription, such as p300/CBP and SRC-1, which mediate gene expression related to hormone receptor genes, were also found to be down-regulated. Down-regulation of receptors may allow latent HIV-1 infected cells to either hide from the immune system or avoid extracellular differentiation signals. Some of the genes that were up-regulated included co-receptors for HIV-1 entry, translation machinery, and cell cycle regulatory proteins. CONCLUSIONS We have demonstrated, through a microarray approach, that HIV-1 Tat is able to regulate many cellular genes that are involved in cell signaling, translation and ultimately control the host proliferative and differentiation signals.
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- Cynthia de la Fuente
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology George Washington University School of Medicine Washington DC, 20037, USA
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Carastro LM, Tan CK, Selg M, Jack HM, So AG, Downey KM. Identification of delta helicase as the bovine homolog of HUPF1: demonstration of an interaction with the third subunit of DNA polymerase delta. Nucleic Acids Res 2002; 30:2232-43. [PMID: 12000843 PMCID: PMC115286 DOI: 10.1093/nar/30.10.2232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Delta helicase is a 5' to 3' DNA helicase that partially co-purifies with DNA polymerase delta (pol delta) from fetal bovine thymus tissue. We describe the resolution of delta helicase from pol delta on heparin-agarose chromatography and its purification to apparent homogeneity by affinity purification on single-stranded DNA-cellulose chromatography, unique-sequence RNA-agarose chromatography, and ceramic hydroxyapatite chromatography. Delta helicase isolated from fetal bovine thymus had an apparent M(r) of 115 kDa in SDS-PAGE, and photo-crosslinked to [alpha-32P]ATP. Tandem mass spectrometry peptide mass data derived from the bovine polypeptide matched to human UPF1 (HUPF1), a 5' to 3' RNA and DNA helicase, and a requisite component of the mRNA surveillance complex. Antisera against HUPF1 cross-reacted with delta helicase on western analysis, and delta helicase activity was immunoinactivated by pre-incubation with antibodies to HUPF1, suggesting that delta helicase is the bovine homolog of HUPF1. Immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that HUPF1 interacts with the 66-kDa third subunit of pol delta in vivo.
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- L Michael Carastro
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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Kovacsovics M, Martinon F, Micheau O, Bodmer JL, Hofmann K, Tschopp J. Overexpression of Helicard, a CARD-containing helicase cleaved during apoptosis, accelerates DNA degradation. Curr Biol 2002; 12:838-43. [PMID: 12015121 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00842-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Apoptotic cell death is characterized by several morphological nuclear changes, such as chromatin condensation and extensive fragmentation of chromosomal DNA. These alterations are primarily triggered through the activation of caspases, which subsequently cleave nuclear substrates. Caspase-3 induces processing of Acinus, which leads to chromatin condensation. DNA fragmentation is dependent on the DNase CAD, which is released from its inhibitor, ICAD, upon cleavage by caspase-3. DNA degradation is also induced by AIF and endonuclease G, which are both released from mitochondria upon death stimuli but do not require prior processing by caspases for their DNase activity. Here we report the identification of a widely expressed helicase designated Helicard, which contains two N-terminal CARD domains and a C-terminal helicase domain. Upon apoptotic stimuli, Helicard is cleaved by caspases, thereby separating the CARD domains from the helicase domain. While Helicard localizes in the cytoplasm, the helicase-containing fragment is found in the nucleus. Helicard accelerates Fas ligand-mediated DNA degradation, whereas a noncleavable or a helicase-dead Helicard mutant does not, implicating Helicard in the nuclear remodeling occurring during apoptosis.
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- Magdalena Kovacsovics
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Chemin des Boveresses 155, CH-1066, Epalinges, Switzerland
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van Brabant AJ, Stan R, Ellis NA. DNA helicases, genomic instability, and human genetic disease. Annu Rev Genomics Hum Genet 2002; 1:409-59. [PMID: 11701636 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genom.1.1.409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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DNA helicases are a highly conserved group of enzymes that unwind DNA. They function in all processes in which access to single-stranded DNA is required, including DNA replication, DNA repair and recombination, and transcription of RNA. Defects in helicases functioning in one or more of these processes can result in characteristic human genetic disorders in which genomic instability and predisposition to cancer are common features. So far, different helicase genes have been found mutated in six such disorders. Mutations in XPB and XPD can result in xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne syndrome, or trichothiodystrophy. Mutations in the RecQ-like genes BLM, WRN, and RECQL4 can result in Bloom syndrome, Werner syndrome, and Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, respectively. Because XPB and XPD function in both nucleotide excision repair and transcription initiation, the cellular phenotypes associated with a deficiency of each one of them include failure to repair mutagenic DNA lesions and defects in the recovery of RNA transcription after UV irradiation. The functions of the RecQ-like genes are unknown; however, a growing body of evidence points to a function in restarting DNA replication after the replication fork has become stalled. The genomic instability associated with mutations in the RecQ-like genes includes spontaneous chromosome instability and elevated mutation rates. Mouse models for nearly all of these entities have been developed, and these should help explain the widely different clinical features that are associated with helicase mutations.
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- A J van Brabant
- Department of Human Genetics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Westermarck J, Weiss C, Saffrich R, Kast J, Musti AM, Wessely M, Ansorge W, Séraphin B, Wilm M, Valdez BC, Bohmann D. The DEXD/H-box RNA helicase RHII/Gu is a co-factor for c-Jun-activated transcription. EMBO J 2002; 21:451-60. [PMID: 11823437 PMCID: PMC125820 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.3.451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Tandem affinity purification (TAP) and mass spectrometric peptide sequencing showed that the DEAD-box RNA helicase RHII/Gu is a functional interaction partner of c-Jun in human cells. The N-terminal transcription activation region of, c-Jun interacts with a C-terminal domain of RHII/Gu. This interaction is stimulated by anisomycin treatment in a manner that is concurrent with, but independent of, c-Jun phosphorylation. A possible explanation for this effect is provided by the observation that RHII/Gu translocates from nucleolus to nucleoplasm upon anisomycin or UV treatment or when JNK signaling is activated by overexpression of a constitutively active form of MEKK1 kinase. Several experiments show that the RNA helicase activity of RHII/Gu supports c-Jun-mediated target gene activation: dominant-negative forms of RHII/Gu, as well as a neutralizing antibody against the enzyme, significantly interfered with c-Jun target gene activity but not with transcription in general. These findings clarify the mechanism of c-Jun-mediated transcriptional regulation, and provide evidence for an involvement of RHII/Gu in stress response and in RNA polymerase II-catalyzed transcription in mammalian cells.
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- Jukka Westermarck
- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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- EMBL, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, 20520 Turku, Finland, Department of Biomedical Genetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, Università della Calabria, I-87100 Rende (CS), Italy and CGM-CNRS, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France Present address: Biomedical Research Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3 Corresponding authors e-mail: or
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Hamiche A, Kang JG, Dennis C, Xiao H, Wu C. Histone tails modulate nucleosome mobility and regulate ATP-dependent nucleosome sliding by NURF. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:14316-21. [PMID: 11724935 PMCID: PMC64679 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.251421398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nucleosome Remodeling Factor (NURF) is an ATP-dependent nucleosome remodeling complex that alters chromatin structure by catalyzing nucleosome sliding, thereby exposing DNA sequences previously associated with nucleosomes. We systematically studied how the unstructured N-terminal residues of core histones (the N-terminal histone tails) influence nucleosome sliding. We used bacterially expressed Drosophila histones to reconstitute hybrid nucleosomes lacking one or more histone N-terminal tails. Unexpectedly, we found that removal of the N-terminal tail of histone H2B promoted uncatalyzed nucleosome sliding during native gel electrophoresis. Uncatalyzed nucleosome mobility was enhanced by additional removal of other histone tails but was not affected by hyperacetylation of core histones by p300. In addition, we found that the N-terminal tail of the histone H4 is specifically required for ATP-dependent catalysis of nucleosome sliding by NURF. Alanine scanning mutagenesis demonstrated that H4 residues 16-KRHR-19 are critical for the induction of nucleosome mobility, revealing a histone tail motif that regulates NURF activity. An exchange of histone tails between H4 and H3 impaired NURF-induced sliding of the mutant nucleosome, indicating that the location of the KRHR motif in relation to global nucleosome structure is functionally important. Our results provide functions for the N-terminal histone tails in regulating the mobility of nucleosomes.
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- A Hamiche
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA
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Dzianott A, Rauffer-Bruyere N, Bujarski JJ. Studies on functional interaction between brome mosaic virus replicase proteins during RNA recombination, using combined mutants in vivo and in vitro. Virology 2001; 289:137-49. [PMID: 11601925 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2001.1118] [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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Two viral proteins, 1a and 2a, direct replication of brome mosaic bromovirus (BMV) RNAs as well as they participate in BMV RNA recombination. To study the relationship between replication and recombination, double BMV variants that carried mutations in 1a and 2a genes were tested. The observed effects revealed that the 1a helicase and 2a N-terminal or core domains were functionally linked during both processes in vivo. The use of a series of mutant BMV replicase (RdRp) preparations demonstrated in vitro the participation of the 1a and 2a domains in BMV RNA copying and in template switching during minus-strand synthesis. The observed effects support previous observations that the characteristics of homologous and nonhomologous recombination can be modified separately by mutations at different sites on BMV replicase proteins.
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- A Dzianott
- Plant Molecular Biology Center, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
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Estrogen (E2) palys critical roles in the development of tumors in female reproductive organs. Development of most breast cancers is dependent on E&sub2; in most cases. Most E&sub2; actions are considered to be exerted through two subtypes of Estrogen receptors (ERs), ERalpha and ERbeta. ERs belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily, and act as ligand-inducible transcription factors to activate transcription of a particular set of the target genes. Ligand-bound ER recruits at least two distinct classes of coactivator complexes. In estrogen-dependent breast cancer, growth factors are shown to often act synergisticaly with E&sub2;, and the breast cancer often become resistant to treatment of estogen antagonists. However, the molecular basis of this coupled regulation of growth factor and ER-mediated signaling and hormone-resistance are largely unknown. We have previously shown that MAP (mitogen-activated protein) kinase (MAPK) activated by growth factors phosphorylates and potentiates the N-terminal transactivation function (AF-1), indicating a possible molecular mechanism of a novel cross-talk between two signalings (Kato et al, 1995). Furthermore, we have identified a coactivator that specifically interacts with ER alpha AF-1 (Endoh et al, 1999). In this review, this cross-talk is discussed in terms of the transactivation function of ERs and their coactivators.
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- S Kato
- The Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi 1-1-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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Aratani S, Fujii R, Oishi T, Fujita H, Amano T, Ohshima T, Hagiwara M, Fukamizu A, Nakajima T. Dual roles of RNA helicase A in CREB-dependent transcription. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:4460-9. [PMID: 11416126 PMCID: PMC87106 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.14.4460-4469.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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RNA helicase A (RHA) is a member of an ATPase/DNA and RNA helicase family and is a homologue of Drosophila maleless protein (MLE), which regulates X-linked gene expression. RHA is also a component of holo-RNA polymerase II (Pol II) complexes and recruits Pol II to the CREB binding protein (CBP). The ATPase and/or helicase activity of RHA is required for CREB-dependent transcription. To further understand the role of RHA on gene expression, we have identified a 50-amino-acid transactivation domain that interacts with Pol II and termed it the minimal transactivation domain (MTAD). The protein sequence of this region contains six hydrophobic residues and is unique to RHA homologues and well conserved. A mutant with this region deleted from full-length RHA decreased transcriptional activity in CREB-dependent transcription. In addition, mutational analyses revealed that several tryptophan residues in MTAD are important for the interaction with Pol II and transactivation. These mutants had ATP binding and ATPase activities comparable to those of wild-type RHA. A mutant lacking ATP binding activity was still able to interact with Pol II. In CREB-dependent transcription, the transcriptional activity of each of these mutants was less than that of wild-type RHA. The activity of the double mutant lacking both functions was significantly lower than that of each mutant alone, and the double mutant had a dominant negative effect. These results suggest that RHA could independently regulate CREB-dependent transcription either through recruitment of Pol II or by ATP-dependent mechanisms.
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- S Aratani
- Institute of Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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DNA hybridization arrays simultaneously measure the expression level for thousands of genes. These measurements provide a "snapshot" of transcription levels within the cell. A major challenge in computational biology is to uncover, from such measurements, gene/protein interactions and key biological features of cellular systems. In this paper, we propose a new framework for discovering interactions between genes based on multiple expression measurements. This framework builds on the use of Bayesian networks for representing statistical dependencies. A Bayesian network is a graph-based model of joint multivariate probability distributions that captures properties of conditional independence between variables. Such models are attractive for their ability to describe complex stochastic processes and because they provide a clear methodology for learning from (noisy) observations. We start by showing how Bayesian networks can describe interactions between genes. We then describe a method for recovering gene interactions from microarray data using tools for learning Bayesian networks. Finally, we demonstrate this method on the S. cerevisiae cell-cycle measurements of Spellman et al. (1998).
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- N Friedman
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Watanabe M, Yanagisawa J, Kitagawa H, Takeyama KI, Ogawa S, Arao Y, Suzawa M, Kobayashi Y, Yano T, Yoshikawa H, Masuhiro Y, Kato S. A subfamily of RNA-binding DEAD-box proteins acts as an estrogen receptor alpha coactivator through the N-terminal activation domain (AF-1) with an RNA coactivator, SRA. EMBO J 2001; 20:1341-52. [PMID: 11250900 PMCID: PMC145523 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.6.1341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2000] [Revised: 01/19/2001] [Accepted: 01/23/2001] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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One class of the nuclear receptor AF-2 coactivator complexes contains the SRC-1/TIF2 family, CBP/p300 and an RNA coactivator, SRA. We identified a subfamily of RNA-binding DEAD-box proteins (p72/p68) as a human estrogen receptor alpha (hER alpha) coactivator in the complex containing these factors. p72/p68 interacted with both the AD2 of any SRC-1/TIF2 family protein and the hER alpha A/B domain, but not with any other nuclear receptor tested. p72/p68, TIF2 (SRC-1) and SRA were co-immunoprecipitated with estrogen-bound hER alpha in MCF7 cells and in partially purified complexes associated with hER alpha from HeLa nuclear extracts. Estrogen induced co-localization of p72 with hER alpha and TIF2 in the nucleus. The presence of p72/p68 potentiated the estrogen-induced expression of the endogenous pS2 gene in MCF7 cells. In a transient expression assay, a combination of p72/p68 with SRA and one TIF2 brought an ultimate synergism to the estrogen-induced transactivation of hER alpha. These findings indicate that p72/p68 acts as an ER subtype-selective coactivator through ER alpha AF-1 by associating with the coactivator complex to bind its AF-2 through direct binding with SRA and the SRC-1/TIF2 family proteins.
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- Michiko Watanabe
- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 and CREST, Japan Science and Technology, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Corresponding author e-mail:
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In diploid species where sex determination involves heteromorphic sex chromosomes, a mechanism has evolved to compensate for gene-dosage differences in sex-linked genes between the sexes. This regulatory mechanism, which is based on chromatin remodeling, is the function of complexes that include components themselves involved in other cellular functions or with homologs that are involved in such functions. Directing these complexes to the correct chromosome in the appropriate sex relies on pioneer or novel components as well as on the presence of sequence-dependent target sites.
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- A Pannuti
- Department of Biology and Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Emory University, 1510 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Miao M, Chan SL, Fletcher GL, Hew CL. The rat ortholog of the presumptive flounder antifreeze enhancer-binding protein is a helicase domain-containing protein. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:7237-46. [PMID: 11106437 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01836.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The expression of winter flounder liver-type antifreeze protein (wflAFP) genes is tissue-specific and under seasonal and hormonal regulation. The only intron of the major wflAFP gene was demonstrated to be a liver-specific enhancer in both mammalian cell lines and flounder hepatocytes. Element B, the core enhancer sequence, was shown to interact specifically with a liver-enriched transcription factor, CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBPalpha), as well as a presumptive antifreeze enhancer-binding protein (AEP). In this study, the identity of the rat AEP ortholog was revealed via its DNA-protein interaction with element B. It is a helicase-domain-containing protein, 988 amino acids in length, and is homologous to mouse Smubp-2, hamster Rip-1 and human Smubp-2. The specific binding between element B and AEP was confirmed by South-Western analysis and gel retardation assays. Residues in element B important to this interaction were identified by methylation interference assays. Mutation on one of the residues disrupted the binding between element B and AEP and its enhancer activity was significantly reduced, suggesting that AEP is essential for the transactivation of the wflAFP gene intron. The rat AEP is ubiquitously expressed in various tissues, and the flounder homolog is present as shown by genomic Southern analysis. The potential role of AEP in regulating the flounder AFP gene expression is discussed.
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- M Miao
- Division of Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children, and Departments of Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Ruiz MF, Esteban MR, Doñoro C, Goday C, Sánchez L. Evolution of dosage compensation in Diptera: the gene maleless implements dosage compensation in Drosophila (Brachycera suborder) but its homolog in Sciara (Nematocera suborder) appears to play no role in dosage compensation. Genetics 2000; 156:1853-65. [PMID: 11102379 PMCID: PMC1461397 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/156.4.1853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In Drosophila melanogaster and in Sciara ocellaris dosage compensation occurs by hypertranscription of the single male X chromosome. This article reports the cloning and characterization in S. ocellaris of the gene homologous to maleless (mle) of D. melanogaster, which implements dosage compensation. The Sciara mle gene produces a single transcript, encoding a helicase, which is present in both male and female larvae and adults and in testes and ovaries. Both Sciara and Drosophila MLE proteins are highly conserved. The affinity-purified antibody to D. melanogaster MLE recognizes the S. ocellaris MLE protein. In contrast to Drosophila polytene chromosomes, where MLE is preferentially associated with the male X chromosome, in Sciara MLE is found associated with all chromosomes. Anti-MLE staining of Drosophila postblastoderm male embryos revealed a single nuclear dot, whereas Sciara male and female embryos present multiple intranuclear staining spots. This expression pattern in Sciara is also observed before blastoderm stage, when dosage compensation is not yet set up. The affinity-purified antibodies against D. melanogaster MSL1, MSL3, and MOF proteins involved in dosage compensation also revealed no differences in the staining pattern between the X chromosome and the autosomes in both Sciara males and females. These results lead us to propose that different proteins in Drosophila and Sciara would implement dosage compensation.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Cell Nucleus/ultrastructure
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
- Chromosomes/chemistry
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Helicases
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Diptera/embryology
- Diptera/genetics
- Dosage Compensation, Genetic
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster/embryology
- Drosophila melanogaster/genetics
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/ultrastructure
- Female
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Insect
- Insect Proteins/genetics
- Insect Proteins/immunology
- Insect Proteins/physiology
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA Helicases/genetics
- RNA Helicases/immunology
- RNA Helicases/physiology
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sex Determination Processes
- Species Specificity
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/immunology
- Transcription Factors/physiology
- Transcription, Genetic
- X Chromosome/genetics
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- M F Ruiz
- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Velázquez 144, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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Villani G, Tanguy Le Gac N. Interactions of DNA helicases with damaged DNA: possible biological consequences. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:33185-8. [PMID: 10954729 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r000011200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- G Villani
- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, CNRS, 205 route de Narbonne 31077 Toulouse Cedex, France.
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Gu W, Wei X, Pannuti A, Lucchesi JC. Targeting the chromatin-remodeling MSL complex of Drosophila to its sites of action on the X chromosome requires both acetyl transferase and ATPase activities. EMBO J 2000; 19:5202-11. [PMID: 11013222 PMCID: PMC302094 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.19.5202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Dosage compensation in Drosophila is mediated by a multiprotein, RNA-containing complex that associates with the X chromosome at multiple sites. We have investigated the role that the enzymatic activities of two complex components, the histone acetyltransferase activity of MOF and the ATPase activity of MLE, may have in the targeting and association of the complex with the X chromosome. Here we report that MLE and MOF activities are necessary for complexes to access the various X chromosome sites. The role that histone H4 acetylation plays in this process is supported by our observations that MOF overexpression leads to the ectopic association of the complex with autosomal sites.
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- W Gu
- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Kato S, Masuhiro Y, Watanabe M, Kobayashi Y, Takeyama KI, Endoh H, Yanagisawa J. Molecular mechanism of a cross-talk between oestrogen and growth factor signalling pathways. Genes Cells 2000; 5:593-601. [PMID: 10947845 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2000.00354.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Oestrogen (E2) plays significant roles in variety of biological events such as the development and maintenance of female reproductive organs, bone and lipid metabolisms. More recently, from study of knock-out mice deficient in oestrogen receptor (ER) alpha and ERbeta it turned out that normal spermatogenesis requires the E2 actions. Furthermore, this female steroid hormone is also well known to be deeply involved in many pathophysiological events such as osteoporosis and cancer development in female reproductive organs. It is particularly well known that most breast cancer is dependent on E2 in its development. Such E2 actions are thought to be mediated through two subtypes of ERs. Growth factors have been shown to synergize in this E2 signalling pathway, although the actual molecular mechanism largely remains unknown. Recently, we found that the MAP kinase activated by growth factors phosphorylates the Ser118 residue of the human ERalpha A/B domain and this phosphorylation potentiates the N-terminal transactivation function (AF-1) of human ERalpha, indicating the possible molecular mechanism of a novel cross-talk between E2 and growth factor signalling pathways. More recently, we have identified a coactivator associating with the hERalpha AF-1 in a MAPK-mediated phosphorylation-dependent manner. In this review, the molecular mechanism of this cross-talk is discussed in terms of the transactivation function of ERs, and their coactivators.
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- S Kato
- The Institute of Molecular and Celluar Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan.
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Kireeva ML, Komissarova N, Kashlev M. Overextended RNA:DNA hybrid as a negative regulator of RNA polymerase II processivity. J Mol Biol 2000; 299:325-35. [PMID: 10860741 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An eight nucleotide RNA:DNA hybrid at the 3' end of the transcript is required for the stability of the elongation complex (EC) of RNA polymerase II. A non-template DNA strand is not needed for the stability of the EC, which contains this minimal hybrid. Here, we apply a recently developed method for promoter-independent assembly of functional EC of RNA polymerase II from synthetic RNA and DNA oligonucleotides to study the minimal composition of the nucleic acid array required for stability of the complex with RNA longer than eight nucleotides. We found that upon RNA extension beyond 14-16 nt in the course of transcription, non-template DNA becomes essential for maintaining a stable EC. Our data suggest that the overextended RNA:DNA hybrid formed in the absence the non-template DNA acts as a negative regulator of EC stability. The dissociation of the EC correlates with the backsliding of the polymerase along the overextended hybrid. The dual role of the hybrid provides a mechanism for the control of a correct nucleic acid architecture in the EC and of RNA polymerase II processivity.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Base Pair Mismatch/genetics
- Base Pairing/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Catalysis
- DNA/chemistry
- DNA/genetics
- DNA/metabolism
- DNA, Single-Stranded/chemistry
- DNA, Single-Stranded/genetics
- DNA, Single-Stranded/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Enzyme Stability
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes/chemistry
- Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes/genetics
- Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes/metabolism
- Oligonucleotides/chemistry
- Oligonucleotides/genetics
- Oligonucleotides/metabolism
- Potassium Permanganate/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- Protein Binding
- RNA/biosynthesis
- RNA/chemistry
- RNA/genetics
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA Polymerase II/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA Polymerase II/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Templates, Genetic
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
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- M L Kireeva
- ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI - Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Bldg. 539, Room 222, Frederick, MD, 21702-1201, USA
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Coleman MA, Eisen JA, Mohrenweiser HW. Cloning and characterization of HARP/SMARCAL1: a prokaryotic HepA-related SNF2 helicase protein from human and mouse. Genomics 2000; 65:274-82. [PMID: 10857751 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The SNF2 gene family consists of a large group of proteins involved in transcriptional regulation, maintenance of chromosome integrity, and various aspects of DNA repair. We cloned a novel SNF2 family human cDNA, with sequence identity to the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase-binding protein HepA and named the human hepA-related protein (HHARP/SMARCAL1). In addition, the mouse ortholog (Mharp/Smarcal1) was cloned, and the Caenorhabditis elegans ortholog (CEHARP) was identified in the GenBank database. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that the HARP proteins share a high level of sequence similarity to the seven motif helicase core region (SNF2 domain) with identifiable orthologs in other eukaryotic species, except for yeast. Purified His-tagged HARP/SMARCAL1 protein exhibits single-stranded DNA-dependent ATPase activity, consistent with it being a member of the SNF2 family of proteins. Both the human and the mouse genes consist of 17 exons and 16 introns. The human gene maps to chromosome 2q34-q36, and the mouse gene is localized to the syntenic region of chromosome 1 (between markers Gls and Acrg). HARP/SMARCAL1 transcripts are ubiquitously expressed in human and mouse tissues, with testis presenting the highest levels of mRNA expression in humans.
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- M A Coleman
- Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California 94551, USA.
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Shimamoto A, Nishikawa K, Kitao S, Furuichi Y. Human RecQ5beta, a large isomer of RecQ5 DNA helicase, localizes in the nucleoplasm and interacts with topoisomerases 3alpha and 3beta. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:1647-55. [PMID: 10710432 PMCID: PMC102787 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.7.1647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The RecQ helicase superfamily has been implicated in DNA repair and recombination. At least five human RecQ-related genes exist: RecQ1, BLM, WRN, RecQ4 and RecQ5. Mutations in BLM, WRN and RecQ4 are associated with Bloom, Werner and Rothmund-Thomson syndromes, respectively, involving a predisposition to malignancies and a cellular phenotype that includes increased chromosome instability. RecQ5 is small, containing only a core part of the RecQ helicase, but three isomer transcripts code for small RecQ5alpha (corresponding to the original RecQ5 with 410 amino acids), new large RecQ5beta (991 amino acids) and small RecQ5gamma (435 amino acids) proteins that contain the core helicase motifs. By determining the genomic structure, we found that the three isoforms are generated by differential splicing from the RecQ5 gene that contains at least 19 exons. Northern blot analysis using a RecQ5beta-specific probe indicates that RecQ5beta mRNA is expressed strongly in the testis. Immunocytochemical staining of three N-terminally tagged RecQ5 isomers expressed in 293EBNA cells showed that RecQ5beta migrates to the nucleus and exists exclusively in the nucleoplasm, while the small RecQ5alpha and RecQ5gamma proteins stay in the cytoplasm. Immunoprecipitation and an extended cytochemical experiment suggested that the nucleoplasmic RecQ5beta, like yeast Sgs1 DNA helicase, binds to topoisomerases 3alpha and 3beta, but not to topoisomerase 1. These results predict that RecQ5beta may have an important role in DNA metabolism and may also be related to a distinct genetic disease.
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- A Shimamoto
- AGENE Research Institute, 200 Kajiwara Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-0063, Japan
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Lindor NM, Furuichi Y, Kitao S, Shimamoto A, Arndt C, Jalal S. Rothmund-Thomson syndrome due to RECQ4 helicase mutations: report and clinical and molecular comparisons with Bloom syndrome and Werner syndrome. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2000; 90:223-8. [PMID: 10678659 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(20000131)90:3<223::aid-ajmg7>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS), an autosomal recessive disorder, comprises poikiloderma, growth deficiency, some aspects of premature aging, and a predisposition to malignancy, especially osteogenic sarcomas. Two kindreds with RTS were recently shown to segregate for mutations in the human RECQL4 helicase gene. We report identification of a new RTS kindred in which both brothers developed osteosarcomas. Mutation analysis of the RECQL4 gene was performed on both brothers and both parents. The brothers were shown to be compound heterozygotes for mutations in the RECQL4 gene, including a single basepair deletion in exon 9 resulting in a frameshift and early termination codon and a base substitution in the 3-prime splice site in the intron-exon boundary of exon 8, which would be predicted to cause a deletion of at least part of a consensus helicase domain. Each parent was shown to be a heterozygote carrier for one mutation. This report strengthens the association between mutations in RECQL4 helicase gene and RTS. Two other recessive disorders, Bloom syndrome and Werner syndrome, are known to be due to other human RECQ helicase gene mutations. These three disorders all manifest abnormal growth, premature aging, and predisposition to site-specific malignancies. The clinical and molecular aspects of RTS, Bloom syndrome, and Werner syndrome are compared and contrasted.
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- N M Lindor
- Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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SWI/SNF, RSC, NURF, CHRAC, ACF, RSF and NuRD are highly conserved multiprotein complexes that use the energy of ATP-hydrolysis to remodel chromatin. These complexes that have different subunit composition, all rely on helicase-like enzymes for ATPase activity and affect chromatin structure in similar ways. The specific function of the different complexes remains unclear, but many of them seem to be involved in transcriptional regulation. Although all cellular genes may not depend on chromatin remodelling for normal expression, recent data has shown that the complexes are required for both positive and negative control of a variety of cellular pathways.
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- C Muchardt
- Unite des Virus Oncogenes URA1644 du CNRS Departement des Biotechnologies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Davies GP, Kemp P, Molineux IJ, Murray NE. The DNA translocation and ATPase activities of restriction-deficient mutants of Eco KI. J Mol Biol 1999; 292:787-96. [PMID: 10525405 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Eco KI, a type I restriction enzyme, specifies DNA methyltransferase, ATPase, endonuclease and DNA translocation activities. One subunit (HsdR) of the oligomeric enzyme contributes to those activities essential for restriction. These activities involve ATP-dependent DNA translocation and DNA cleavage. Mutations that change amino acids within recognisable motifs in HsdR impair restriction. We have used an in vivo assay to monitor the effect of these mutations on DNA translocation. The assay follows the Eco KI-dependent entry of phage T7 DNA from the phage particle into the host cell. Earlier experiments have shown that mutations within the seven motifs characteristic of the DEAD-box family of proteins that comprise known or putative helicases severely impair the ATPase activity of purified enzymes. We find that the mutations abolish DNA translocation in vivo. This provides evidence that these motifs are relevant to the coupling of ATP hydrolysis to DNA translocation. Mutations that identify an endonuclease motif similar to that found at the active site of type II restriction enzymes and other nucleases have been shown to abolish DNA nicking activity. When conservative changes are made at these residues, the enzymes lack nuclease activity but retain the ability to hydrolyse ATP and to translocate DNA at wild-type levels. It has been speculated that nicking may be necessary to resolve the topological problems associated with DNA translocation by type I restriction and modification systems. Our experiments show that loss of the nicking activity associated with the endonuclease motif of Eco KI has no effect on ATPase activity in vitro or DNA translocation of the T7 genome in vivo.
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- G P Davies
- Institute of Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JR, United Kingdom
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Zhang S, Herrmann C, Grosse F. Nucleolar localization of murine nuclear DNA helicase II (RNA helicase A). J Cell Sci 1999; 112 ( Pt 16):2693-703. [PMID: 10413677 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.112.16.2693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nuclear DNA helicase II (NDH II) is a highly conserved member of the DEXH superfamily of eukaryotic helicases, whose physiological role is still unclear. To explore the function of NDH II, we studied the intracellular distribution of NDH II of different mammalian species by immunofluorescence and compared these findings with the known role of the Drosophila homologue MLE that is involved in sex-specific gene dosage compensation. NDH II displayed an apparent nucleolar localization in murine cells, whereas in cells from all other mammalian species examined so far the protein was confined to the nucleoplasm and apparently excluded from the nucleoli. The nucleolar localization of mouse NDH II strongly suggests a role in ribosomal RNA biosynthesis. Immunoelectron microscopic studies revealed that the mouse NDH II was found at the dense fibrillar components of the nucleoli, and a significant percentage of NDH II molecules colocalized with the RNA polymerase I (Pol I) transcription factor UBF (upstream binding factor). Additionally, the nucleolar localization of NDH II coincided with a preferential immunolabeling pattern of nascent transcripts with bromouridine (BrUMP). Furthermore, mouse NDH II redistributed in mitosis in a manner highly correlated with Pol I activity. Conditions leading to the inhibition of Pol I activity in the interphase decreased the amount of NDH II in the nucleoli that diffused into the nucleoplasm and the cytosol. Contrary to the effect of inhibiting rRNA synthesis, treatment of mouse cells with the translation inhibitor cycloheximide did not compromise the nucleolar localization of murine NDH II.
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- S Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry and Department of Electron Microscopy and Molecular Cytology, Institute for Molecular Biotechnology, Beutenbergstrasse 11, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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Bennett RJ, Keck JL, Wang JC. Binding specificity determines polarity of DNA unwinding by the Sgs1 protein of S. cerevisiae. J Mol Biol 1999; 289:235-48. [PMID: 10366502 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sgs1 protein is a member of the RecQ DNA helicase family which also includes the products of the human Bloom's syndrome and Werner's syndrome genes. We have studied the substrate specificity of a recombinant Sgs1 helicase (amino acid residues 400-1268 of the Sgs1 protein). Sgs1 shows a strong preference for binding branched DNA substrates, including duplex structures with a 3' single-stranded overhang and DNA junctions with multiple branches. Duplex DNA with a 5' rather than a 3' single-stranded tail is not recognized or unwound by Sgs1. DNase I and hydroxyl radical footprinting of the Sgs1-DNA complex shows that the protein binds specifically to the junction of a double-stranded DNA and its 3' overhang. Binding and unwinding of duplex DNA with a 3' overhang are much reduced if the backbone polarity of the 3' overhang is reversed in the junction region, but are unaffected if polarity reversal occurs four nucleotides away from the junction. These results indicate that the 3' to 5' polarity of unwinding by the recombinant Sgs1 protein is a direct consequence of the binding of the helicase to the single-stranded/double-stranded DNA junction and its recognition of the polarity of the single-stranded DNA at the junction. The recombinant Sgs1 also unwinds four-way junctions (synthetic Holliday junctions), a result that may be significant in terms of its role in suppressing DNA recombination in vivo.
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- R J Bennett
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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Zhao J, Hyman L, Moore C. Formation of mRNA 3' ends in eukaryotes: mechanism, regulation, and interrelationships with other steps in mRNA synthesis. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 1999; 63:405-45. [PMID: 10357856 PMCID: PMC98971 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.2.405-445.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 805] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Formation of mRNA 3' ends in eukaryotes requires the interaction of transacting factors with cis-acting signal elements on the RNA precursor by two distinct mechanisms, one for the cleavage of most replication-dependent histone transcripts and the other for cleavage and polyadenylation of the majority of eukaryotic mRNAs. Most of the basic factors have now been identified, as well as some of the key protein-protein and RNA-protein interactions. This processing can be regulated by changing the levels or activity of basic factors or by using activators and repressors, many of which are components of the splicing machinery. These regulatory mechanisms act during differentiation, progression through the cell cycle, or viral infections. Recent findings suggest that the association of cleavage/polyadenylation factors with the transcriptional complex via the carboxyl-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase II (Pol II) large subunit is the means by which the cell restricts polyadenylation to Pol II transcripts. The processing of 3' ends is also important for transcription termination downstream of cleavage sites and for assembly of an export-competent mRNA. The progress of the last few years points to a remarkable coordination and cooperativity in the steps leading to the appearance of translatable mRNA in the cytoplasm.
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- J Zhao
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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