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Hodson C, Low JKK, van Twest S, Jones SE, Swuec P, Murphy V, Tsukada K, Fawkes M, Bythell-Douglas R, Davies A, Holien JK, O'Rourke JJ, Parker BL, Glaser A, Parker MW, Mackay JP, Blackford AN, Costa A, Deans AJ. Mechanism of Bloom syndrome complex assembly required for double Holliday junction dissolution and genome stability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2109093119. [PMID: 35115399 PMCID: PMC8832983 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2109093119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The RecQ-like helicase BLM cooperates with topoisomerase IIIα, RMI1, and RMI2 in a heterotetrameric complex (the "Bloom syndrome complex") for dissolution of double Holliday junctions, key intermediates in homologous recombination. Mutations in any component of the Bloom syndrome complex can cause genome instability and a highly cancer-prone disorder called Bloom syndrome. Some heterozygous carriers are also predisposed to breast cancer. To understand how the activities of BLM helicase and topoisomerase IIIα are coupled, we purified the active four-subunit complex. Chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry revealed a unique architecture that links the helicase and topoisomerase domains. Using biochemical experiments, we demonstrated dimerization mediated by the N terminus of BLM with a 2:2:2:2 stoichiometry within the Bloom syndrome complex. We identified mutations that independently abrogate dimerization or association of BLM with RMI1, and we show that both are dysfunctional for dissolution using in vitro assays and cause genome instability and synthetic lethal interactions with GEN1/MUS81 in cells. Truncated BLM can also inhibit the activity of full-length BLM in mixed dimers, suggesting a putative mechanism of dominant-negative action in carriers of BLM truncation alleles. Our results identify critical molecular determinants of Bloom syndrome complex assembly required for double Holliday junction dissolution and maintenance of genome stability.
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- Charlotte Hodson
- Genome Stability Unit, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Genome Stability Unit, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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- Department of Oncology, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, United Kingdom
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- Genome Stability Unit, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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- Department of Oncology, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
- Laboratory for Zero-Carbon Energy, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Oncology, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
- MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom
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- Genome Stability Unit, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
- Department of Medicine (St. Vincent's), University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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- Department of Medicine (St. Vincent's), University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
- Structural Biology Unit, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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- Genome Stability Unit, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Genome Stability Unit, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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- Structural Biology Unit, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
- Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Department of Oncology, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
- MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom
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- Genome Stability Unit, St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia;
- Department of Medicine (St. Vincent's), University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, VIC 3065, Australia
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Backers L, Parton B, De Bruyne M, Tavernier SJ, Van Den Bogaert K, Lambrecht BN, Haerynck F, Claes KBM. Missing heritability in Bloom syndrome: First report of a deep intronic variant leading to pseudo-exon activation in the BLM gene. Clin Genet 2020; 99:292-297. [PMID: 33073370 DOI: 10.1111/cge.13859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Pathogenic biallelic variants in the BLM/RECQL3 gene cause a rare autosomal recessive disorder called Bloom syndrome (BS). This syndrome is characterized by severe growth delay, immunodeficiency, dermatological manifestations and a predisposition to a wide variety of cancers, often multiple and very early in life. Literature shows that the main mode of BLM inactivation is protein translation termination. We expanded the molecular spectrum of BS by reporting the first deep intronic variant causing intron exonisation. We describe a patient with a clinical phenotype of BS and a strong increase in sister chromatid exchanges (SCE), who was found to be compound heterozygous for a novel nonsense variant c.3379C>T, p.(Gln1127Ter) in exon 18 and a deep intronic variant c.3020-258A>G in intron 15 of the BLM gene. The deep intronic variant creates a high-quality de novo donor splice site, which leads to retention of two intron segments. Both pseudo-exons introduce a premature stop codon into the reading frame and abolish BLM protein expression, confirmed by Western Blot analysis. These findings illustrate the role of non-coding variation in Mendelian disorders and herewith highlight an unmet need in routine testing of Mendelian disorders, being the added value of RNA-based approaches to provide a complete molecular diagnosis.
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- Lynn Backers
- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Unit of Molecular Signal Transduction in Inflammation, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven - Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Unit of Immunoregulation and Mucosal Immunology, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University and Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Taylor AMR, Rothblum-Oviatt C, Ellis NA, Hickson ID, Meyer S, Crawford TO, Smogorzewska A, Pietrucha B, Weemaes C, Stewart GS. Chromosome instability syndromes. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2019; 5:64. [PMID: 31537806 PMCID: PMC10617425 DOI: 10.1038/s41572-019-0113-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Fanconi anaemia (FA), ataxia telangiectasia (A-T), Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) and Bloom syndrome (BS) are clinically distinct, chromosome instability (or breakage) disorders. Each disorder has its own pattern of chromosomal damage, with cells from these patients being hypersensitive to particular genotoxic drugs, indicating that the underlying defect in each case is likely to be different. In addition, each syndrome shows a predisposition to cancer. Study of the molecular and genetic basis of these disorders has revealed mechanisms of recognition and repair of DNA double-strand breaks, DNA interstrand crosslinks and DNA damage during DNA replication. Specialist clinics for each disorder have provided the concentration of expertise needed to tackle their characteristic clinical problems and improve outcomes. Although some treatments of the consequences of a disorder may be possible, for example, haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in FA and NBS, future early intervention to prevent complications of disease will depend on a greater understanding of the roles of the affected DNA repair pathways in development. An important realization has been the predisposition to cancer in carriers of some of these gene mutations.
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- A Malcolm R Taylor
- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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- The University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Center for Chromosome Stability, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Stem Cell and Leukaemia Proteomics Laboratory, and Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Haematology and Oncology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and The Christie NHS Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Genome Maintenance, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Immunology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics (Pediatric Immunology), Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Elloumi-Zghal H, Chaabouni Bouhamed H. Genetics and genomic medicine in Tunisia. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2018; 6:134-159. [PMID: 29663716 PMCID: PMC5902400 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Genetics and genomic medicine in Tunisia.
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Bhattacharjee S, Nandi S. Rare Genetic Diseases with Defects in DNA Repair: Opportunities and Challenges in Orphan Drug Development for Targeted Cancer Therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2018; 10:E298. [PMID: 30200453 PMCID: PMC6162646 DOI: 10.3390/cancers10090298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
A better understanding of mechanistic insights into genes and enzymes implicated in rare diseases provide a unique opportunity for orphan drug development. Advances made in identification of synthetic lethal relationships between rare disorder genes with oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes have brought in new anticancer therapeutic opportunities. Additionally, the rapid development of small molecule inhibitors against enzymes that participate in DNA damage response and repair has been a successful strategy for targeted cancer therapeutics. Here, we discuss the recent advances in our understanding of how many rare disease genes participate in promoting genome stability. We also summarize the latest developments in exploiting rare diseases to uncover new biological mechanisms and identify new synthetic lethal interactions for anticancer drug discovery that are in various stages of preclinical and clinical studies.
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, NY 11724, USA.
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Cunniff C, Djavid AR, Carrubba S, Cohen B, Ellis NA, Levy CF, Jeong S, Lederman HM, Vogiatzi M, Walsh MF, Zauber AG. Health supervision for people with Bloom syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2018; 176:1872-1881. [PMID: 30055079 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.40374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Bloom Syndrome (BSyn) is an autosomal recessive disorder that causes growth deficiency, endocrine abnormalities, photosensitive skin rash, immune abnormalities, and predisposition to early-onset cancer. The available treatments for BSyn are symptomatic, and early identification of complications has the potential to improve outcomes. To accomplish this, standardized recommendations for health supervision are needed for early diagnosis and treatment. The purpose of this report is to use information from the BSyn Registry, published literature, and expertise from clinicians and researchers with experience in BSyn to develop recommendations for diagnosis, screening, and treatment of the clinical manifestations in people with BSyn. These health supervision recommendations can be incorporated into the routine clinical care of people with BSyn and can be revised as more knowledge is gained regarding their clinical utility.
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- Christopher Cunniff
- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead, New York
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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Campbell MB, Campbell WC, Rogers J, Rogers N, Rogers Z, van den Hurk AM, Webb A, Webb T, Zaslaw P. Bloom syndrome: research and data priorities for the development of precision medicine as identified by some affected families. Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2018; 4:mcs.a002816. [PMID: 29610394 PMCID: PMC5880269 DOI: 10.1101/mcs.a002816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Bloom syndrome (BS) is a rare, autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by short stature, a skin rash associated with sun exposure, and an elevated likelihood of developing cancers of essentially all types, beginning at an early age. Cancer is the leading cause of death for persons with BS, and its early onset results in a reported median lifespan of <30 years. With fewer than 300 documented cases since BS was first described in 1954, its rarity has challenged progress in advancing both the care of and the cure for persons with BS. Presently, there are no known clinically actionable targets specific to persons with this cancer predisposition syndrome, despite the fact that standard cancer treatments are often contraindicated or must be substantially modified for persons with BS. Herein, Zachary Rogers recounts his experience as a cancer patient with BS contemplating a substantially customized chemotherapy regimen that highlights the need for development of individualized treatments in the BS community. We also outline a patient-centered research and community action road map with the goal of improving and prolonging the lives of persons with Bloom syndrome, including the facilitation of precision medicine development specific to this condition.
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- Mary Beth Campbell
- 2017 Pediatric Cancer Nanocourse, Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, USA.,Caltech Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnerships, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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- 2017 Pediatric Cancer Nanocourse, Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, USA.,Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- 2017 Pediatric Cancer Nanocourse, Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, USA
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- 2017 Pediatric Cancer Nanocourse, Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, USA
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- 2017 Pediatric Cancer Nanocourse, Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, USA
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- 2017 Pediatric Cancer Nanocourse, Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, USA
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- 2017 Pediatric Cancer Nanocourse, Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, USA
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- 2017 Pediatric Cancer Nanocourse, Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, USA
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- 2017 Pediatric Cancer Nanocourse, Children's Cancer Therapy Development Institute, Beaverton, Oregon 97005, USA
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Shi J, Chen WF, Zhang B, Fan SH, Ai X, Liu NN, Rety S, Xi XG. A helical bundle in the N-terminal domain of the BLM helicase mediates dimer and potentially hexamer formation. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:5909-5920. [PMID: 28228481 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.761510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2016] [Revised: 02/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Helicases play a critical role in processes such as replication or recombination by unwinding double-stranded DNA; mutations of these genes can therefore have devastating biological consequences. In humans, mutations in genes of three members of the RecQ family helicases (blm, wrn, and recq4) give rise to three strikingly distinctive clinical phenotypes: Bloom syndrome, Werner syndrome, and Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, respectively. However, the molecular basis for these varying phenotypic outcomes is unclear, in part because a full mechanistic description of helicase activity is lacking. Because the helicase core domains are highly conserved, it has been postulated that functional differences among family members might be explained by significant differences in the N-terminal domains, but these domains are poorly characterized. To help fill this gap, we now describe bioinformatics, biochemical, and structural data for three vertebrate BLM proteins. We pair high resolution crystal structures with SAXS analysis to describe an internal, highly conserved sequence we term the dimerization helical bundle in N-terminal domain (DHBN). We show that, despite the N-terminal domain being loosely structured and potentially lacking a defined three-dimensional structure in general, the DHBN exists as a dimeric structure required for higher order oligomer assembly. Interestingly, the unwinding amplitude and rate decrease as BLM is assembled from dimer into hexamer, and also, the stable DHBN dimer can be dissociated upon ATP hydrolysis. Thus, the structural and biochemical characterizations of N-terminal domains will provide new insights into how the N-terminal domain affects the structural and functional organization of the full BLM molecule.
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- Jing Shi
- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- the Institut de Biochimie et Chimie des Protéines, CNRS UMR 5086, 7 Passage du Vercors, 69367 Lyon, France, and
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- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China, .,the Laboratoire de Biologie et Pharmacologie Appliquée, ENS de Cachan, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 61 Avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, France
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