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Knadler C, Graham V W, Rolfsmeier M, Haseltine CA. Divalent metal cofactors differentially modulate RadA-mediated strand invasion and exchange in Saccharolobus solfataricus. Biosci Rep 2023; 43:BSR20221807. [PMID: 36601994 PMCID: PMC9950535 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20221807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Central to the universal process of recombination, RecA family proteins form nucleoprotein filaments to catalyze production of heteroduplex DNA between substrate ssDNAs and template dsDNAs. ATP binding assists the filament in assuming the necessary conformation for forming heteroduplex DNA, but hydrolysis is not required. ATP hydrolysis has two identified roles which are not universally conserved: promotion of filament dissociation and enhancing flexibility of the filament. In this work, we examine ATP utilization of the RecA family recombinase SsoRadA from Saccharolobus solfataricus to determine its function in recombinase-mediated heteroduplex DNA formation. Wild-type SsoRadA protein and two ATPase mutant proteins were evaluated for the effects of three divalent metal cofactors. We found that unlike other archaeal RadA proteins, SsoRadA-mediated strand exchange is not enhanced by Ca2+. Instead, the S. solfataricus recombinase can utilize Mn2+ to stimulate strand invasion and reduce ADP-binding stability. Additionally, reduction of SsoRadA ATPase activity by Walker Box mutation or cofactor alteration resulted in a loss of large, complete strand exchange products. Depletion of ADP was found to improve initial strand invasion but also led to a similar loss of large strand exchange events. Our results indicate that overall, SsoRadA is distinct in its use of divalent cofactors but its activity with Mn2+ shows similarity to human RAD51 protein with Ca2+.
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- Corey J. Knadler
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-7520, U.S.A
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-7520, U.S.A
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-7520, U.S.A
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-7520, U.S.A
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Hogrel G, Lu Y, Alexandre N, Bossé A, Dulermo R, Ishino S, Ishino Y, Flament D. Role of RadA and DNA Polymerases in Recombination-Associated DNA Synthesis in Hyperthermophilic Archaea. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E1045. [PMID: 32674430 PMCID: PMC7407445 DOI: 10.3390/biom10071045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Among the three domains of life, the process of homologous recombination (HR) plays a central role in the repair of double-strand DNA breaks and the restart of stalled replication forks. Curiously, main protein actors involved in the HR process appear to be essential for hyperthermophilic Archaea raising interesting questions about the role of HR in replication and repair strategies of those Archaea living in extreme conditions. One key actor of this process is the recombinase RadA, which allows the homologous strand search and provides a DNA substrate required for following DNA synthesis and restoring genetic information. DNA polymerase operation after the strand exchange step is unclear in Archaea. Working with Pyrococcus abyssi proteins, here we show that both DNA polymerases, family-B polymerase (PolB) and family-D polymerase (PolD), can take charge of processing the RadA-mediated recombination intermediates. Our results also indicate that PolD is far less efficient, as compared with PolB, to extend the invaded DNA at the displacement-loop (D-loop) substrate. These observations coincide with previous genetic analyses obtained on Thermococcus species showing that PolB is mainly involved in DNA repair without being essential probably because PolD could take over combined with additional partners.
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- Gaëlle Hogrel
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Ifremer, CNRS, Univ Brest, 29280 Plouzané, France; (G.H.); (Y.L.); (N.A.); (A.B.); (R.D.)
- LIA1211 MICROBSEA, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Xiamen-Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Ifremer, CNRS, Univ Brest, 29280 Plouzané, France; (G.H.); (Y.L.); (N.A.); (A.B.); (R.D.)
- LIA1211 MICROBSEA, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Xiamen-Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Ifremer, CNRS, Univ Brest, 29280 Plouzané, France; (G.H.); (Y.L.); (N.A.); (A.B.); (R.D.)
- LIA1211 MICROBSEA, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Xiamen-Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Ifremer, CNRS, Univ Brest, 29280 Plouzané, France; (G.H.); (Y.L.); (N.A.); (A.B.); (R.D.)
- LIA1211 MICROBSEA, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Xiamen-Plouzané, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Ifremer, CNRS, Univ Brest, 29280 Plouzané, France; (G.H.); (Y.L.); (N.A.); (A.B.); (R.D.)
- LIA1211 MICROBSEA, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Xiamen-Plouzané, France
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (S.I.); (Y.I.)
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; (S.I.); (Y.I.)
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Ifremer, CNRS, Univ Brest, 29280 Plouzané, France; (G.H.); (Y.L.); (N.A.); (A.B.); (R.D.)
- LIA1211 MICROBSEA, Sino-French International Laboratory of Deep-Sea Microbiology, 29280 Xiamen-Plouzané, France
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Knadler C, Rolfsmeier M, Vallejo A, Haseltine C. Characterization of an archaeal recombinase paralog that exhibits novel anti-recombinase activity. Mutat Res 2020; 821:111703. [PMID: 32416400 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2020.111703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
The process of homologous recombination is heavily dependent on the RecA family of recombinases for repair of DNA double-strand breaks. These recombinases are responsible for identifying homologies and forming heteroduplex DNA between substrate ssDNA and dsDNA templates, activities that are modified by various accessory factors. In this work we describe the biochemical functions of the SsoRal2 recombinase paralog from the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. We found that the SsoRal2 protein is a DNA-independent ATPase that, unlike the other S. solfataricus paralogs, does not bind either ss- or dsDNA. Instead, SsoRal2 alters the ssDNA binding activity of the SsoRadA recombinase in conjunction with another paralog, SsoRal1. In the presence of SsoRal1, SsoRal2 has a modest effect on strand invasion but effectively abrogates strand exchange activity. Taken together, these results indicate that SsoRal2 assists in nucleoprotein filament modulation and control of strand exchange in S. solfataricus.
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- Corey Knadler
- Washington State University, Biotech/LifeSciences Rm 137, Pullman, 99164, United States
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- Washington State University, Biotech/LifeSciences Rm 137, Pullman, 99164, United States
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- Washington State University, Biotech/LifeSciences Rm 137, Pullman, 99164, United States
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- Washington State University, Biotech/LifeSciences Rm 137, Pullman, 99164, United States.
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White MF, Allers T. DNA repair in the archaea-an emerging picture. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2018; 42:514-526. [PMID: 29741625 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuy020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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There has long been a fascination in the DNA repair pathways of archaea, for two main reasons. Firstly, many archaea inhabit extreme environments where the rate of physical damage to DNA is accelerated. These archaea might reasonably be expected to have particularly robust or novel DNA repair pathways to cope with this. Secondly, the archaea have long been understood to be a lineage distinct from the bacteria, and to share a close relationship with the eukarya, particularly in their information processing systems. Recent discoveries suggest the eukarya arose from within the archaeal domain, and in particular from lineages related to the TACK superphylum and Lokiarchaea. Thus, archaeal DNA repair proteins and pathways can represent a useful model system. This review focuses on recent advances in our understanding of archaeal DNA repair processes including base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, mismatch repair and double-strand break repair. These advances are discussed in the context of the emerging picture of the evolution and relationship of the three domains of life.
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- Malcolm F White
- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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The RadA Recombinase and Paralogs of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Methods Enzymol 2018; 600:255-284. [PMID: 29458762 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2017.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Repair of DNA double-strand breaks is a critical function shared by organisms in all three domains of life. The majority of mechanistic understanding of this process has come from characterization of bacterial and eukaryotic proteins, while significantly less is known about analogous activities in the third, archaeal domain. Despite the physical resemblance of archaea to bacteria, archaeal proteins involved in break repair are remarkably similar to those used by eukaryotes. Investigating the function of the archaeal version of these proteins is, in many cases, simpler than working with eukaryotic homologs owing to their robust nature and ease of purification. In this chapter, we describe methods for purification and activity analysis for the RadA recombinase and its paralogs from the hyperthermophilic acidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
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One of the major mechanisms driving the evolution of all organisms is genomic rearrangement. In hyperthermophilic Archaea of the order Thermococcales, large chromosomal inversions occur so frequently that even closely related genomes are difficult to align. Clearly not resulting from the native homologous recombination machinery, the causative agent of these inversions has remained elusive. We present a model in which genomic inversions are catalyzed by the integrase enzyme encoded by a family of mobile genetic elements. We characterized the integrase from Thermococcus nautili plasmid pTN3 and showed that besides canonical site-specific reactions, it catalyzes low sequence specificity recombination reactions with the same outcome as homologous recombination events on DNA segments as short as 104bp both in vitro and in vivo, in contrast to other known tyrosine recombinases. Through serial culturing, we showed that the integrase-mediated divergence of T. nautili strains occurs at an astonishing rate, with at least four large-scale genomic inversions appearing within 60 generations. Our results and the ubiquitous distribution of pTN3-like integrated elements suggest that a major mechanism of evolution of an entire order of Archaea results from the activity of a selfish mobile genetic element. Mobile elements (MEs) such as viruses, plasmids and transposons infect most living organisms and often encode recombinases promoting their insertion into cellular genomes. These insertions alter the genome of their host according to two main mechanisms. First, MEs provide new functions to the cell by integrating their own genetic information into the DNA of the host, at one or more locations. Secondly, cellular homologous recombination will act upon multiple integrated copies and produce a variety of large-scale chromosomal rearrangements. If such modifications are advantageous, they will spread into the population by natural selection. Typically, enzymes involved in cellular homologous recombination and the integration of MEs are distinct. We describe here a novel plasmid-encoded archaeal integrase which in addition to site-specific recombination can catalyze low sequence specificity recombination reactions akin to homologous recombination.
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Wardell K, Haldenby S, Jones N, Liddell S, Ngo GHP, Allers T. RadB acts in homologous recombination in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii, consistent with a role as recombination mediator. DNA Repair (Amst) 2017; 55:7-16. [PMID: 28501701 PMCID: PMC5480776 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Homologous recombination plays a central role in the repair of double-strand DNA breaks, the restart of stalled replication forks and the generation of genetic diversity. Regulation of recombination is essential since defects can lead to genome instability and chromosomal rearrangements. Strand exchange is a key step of recombination - it is catalysed by RecA in bacteria, Rad51/Dmc1 in eukaryotes and RadA in archaea. RadB, a paralogue of RadA, is present in many archaeal species. RadB has previously been proposed to function as a recombination mediator, assisting in RadA-mediated strand exchange. In this study, we use the archaeon Haloferax volcanii to provide evidence to support this hypothesis. We show that RadB is required for efficient recombination and survival following treatment with DNA-damaging agents, and we identify two point mutations in radA that suppress the ΔradB phenotype. Analysis of these point mutations leads us to propose that the role of RadB is to act as a recombination mediator, which it does by inducing a conformational change in RadA and thereby promoting its polymerisation on DNA.
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- Kayleigh Wardell
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
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Homologous DNA pairing and strand exchange are at the core of homologous recombination. These reactions are promoted by a DNA-strand-exchange protein assembled into a nucleoprotein filament comprising the DNA-pairing protein, ATP, and single-stranded DNA. The catalytic activity of this molecular machine depends on control of its dynamic instability by accessory factors. Here we discuss proteins known as recombination mediators that facilitate formation and functional activation of the DNA-strand-exchange protein filament. Although the basics of homologous pairing and DNA-strand exchange are highly conserved in evolution, differences in mediator function are required to cope with differences in how single-stranded DNA is packaged by the single-stranded DNA-binding protein in different species, and the biochemical details of how the different DNA-strand-exchange proteins nucleate and extend into a nucleoprotein filament. The set of (potential) mediator proteins has apparently expanded greatly in evolution, raising interesting questions about the need for additional control and coordination of homologous recombination in more complex organisms.
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- Alex Zelensky
- Department of Genetics, Cancer Genomics Netherlands, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Cancer Genomics Netherlands, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Cancer Genomics Netherlands, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center Cancer Institute, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Han W, Shen Y, She Q. Nanobiomotors of archaeal DNA repair machineries: current research status and application potential. Cell Biosci 2014; 4:32. [PMID: 24995126 PMCID: PMC4080772 DOI: 10.1186/2045-3701-4-32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Nanobiomotors perform various important functions in the cell, and they also emerge as potential vehicle for drug delivery. These proteins employ conserved ATPase domains to convert chemical energy to mechanical work and motion. Several archaeal nucleic acid nanobiomotors, such as DNA helicases that unwind double-stranded DNA molecules during DNA damage repair, have been characterized in details. XPB, XPD and Hjm are SF2 family helicases, each of which employs two ATPase domains for ATP binding and hydrolysis to drive DNA unwinding. They also carry additional specific domains for substrate binding and regulation. Another helicase, HerA, forms a hexameric ring that may act as a DNA-pumping enzyme at the end processing of double-stranded DNA breaks. Common for all these nanobiomotors is that they contain ATPase domain that adopts RecA fold structure. This structure is characteristic for RecA/RadA family proteins and has been studied in great details. Here we review the structural analyses of these archaeal nucleic acid biomotors and the molecular mechanisms of how ATP binding and hydrolysis promote the conformation change that drives mechanical motion. The application potential of archaeal nanobiomotors in drug delivery has been discussed.
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- Wenyuan Han
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China ; Archaeal Centre, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Biocenter, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China
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- Archaeal Centre, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Biocenter, Copenhagen, Denmark
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