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He F, Bravo M, Fan L. Helicases required for nucleotide excision repair: structure, function and mechanism. Enzymes 2023; 54:273-304. [PMID: 37945175 DOI: 10.1016/bs.enz.2023.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
Abstract
Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a major DNA repair pathway conserved from bacteria to humans. Various DNA helicases, a group of enzymes capable of separating DNA duplex into two strands through ATP binding and hydrolysis, are required by NER to unwind the DNA duplex around the lesion to create a repair bubble and for damage verification and removal. In prokaryotes, UvrB helicase is required for repair bubble formation and damage verification, while UvrD helicase is responsible for the removal of the excised damage containing single-strand (ss) DNA fragment. In addition, UvrD facilitates transcription-coupled repair (TCR) by backtracking RNA polymerase stalled at the lesion. In eukaryotes, two helicases XPB and XPD from the transcription factor TFIIH complex fulfill the helicase requirements of NER. Interestingly, homologs of all these four helicases UvrB, UvrD, XPB, and XPD have been identified in archaea. This review summarizes our current understanding about the structure, function, and mechanism of these four helicases.
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- Feng He
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States.
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Najjari A, Boussetta A, Youssef N, Linares-Pastén JA, Mahjoubi M, Belloum R, Sghaier H, Cherif A, Ouzari HI. Physiological and genomic insights into abiotic stress of halophilic archaeon Natrinema altunense 4.1R isolated from a saline ecosystem of Tunisian desert. Genetica 2023; 151:133-152. [PMID: 36795306 PMCID: PMC9995536 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-023-00182-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Halophilic archaea are polyextremophiles with the ability to withstand fluctuations in salinity, high levels of ultraviolet radiation, and oxidative stress, allowing them to survive in a wide range of environments and making them an excellent model for astrobiological research. Natrinema altunense 4.1R is a halophilic archaeon isolated from the endorheic saline lake systems, Sebkhas, located in arid and semi-arid regions of Tunisia. It is an ecosystem characterized by periodic flooding from subsurface groundwater and fluctuating salinities. Here, we assess the physiological responses and genomic characterization of N. altunense 4.1R to UV-C radiation, as well as osmotic and oxidative stresses. Results showed that the 4.1R strain is able to survive up to 36% of salinity, up to 180 J/m2 to UV-C radiation, and at 50 mM of H2O2, a resistance profile similar to Halobacterium salinarum, a strain often used as UV-C resistant model. In order to understand the genetic determinants of N. altunense 4.1R survival strategy, we sequenced and analyzed its genome. Results showed multiple gene copies of osmotic stress, oxidative stress, and DNA repair response mechanisms supporting its survivability at extreme salinities and radiations. Indeed, the 3D molecular structures of seven proteins related to responses to UV-C radiation (excinucleases UvrA, UvrB, and UvrC, and photolyase), saline stress (trehalose-6-phosphate synthase OtsA and trehalose-phosphatase OtsB), and oxidative stress (superoxide dismutase SOD) were constructed by homology modeling. This study extends the abiotic stress range for the species N. altunense and adds to the repertoire of UV and oxidative stress resistance genes generally known from haloarchaeon.
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- Afef Najjari
- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, LR03ES03 Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biomolécules Actives, Université Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, LR03ES03 Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biomolécules Actives, Université Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Lunds Tekniska Högskola (LTH), Lund University, P. O. Box 124, 22100, Lund, Sweden.
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- University of Manouba, ISBST, LR11-ES31 BVBGR, Biotechpole Sidi Thabet, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, LR03ES03 Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biomolécules Actives, Université Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie
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- Laboratory "Energy and Matter for Development of Nuclear Sciences" (LR16CNSTN02), National Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technology (CNSTN), Ariana, Tunisia
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- University of Manouba, ISBST, LR11-ES31 BVBGR, Biotechpole Sidi Thabet, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, LR03ES03 Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biomolécules Actives, Université Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisie
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In vitro reconstitution of an efficient nucleotide excision repair system using mesophilic enzymes from Deinococcus radiodurans. Commun Biol 2022; 5:127. [PMID: 35149830 PMCID: PMC8837605 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03064-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a universal and versatile DNA repair pathway, capable of removing a very wide range of lesions, including UV-induced pyrimidine dimers and bulky adducts. In bacteria, NER involves the sequential action of the UvrA, UvrB and UvrC proteins to release a short 12- or 13-nucleotide DNA fragment containing the damaged site. Although bacterial NER has been the focus of numerous studies over the past 40 years, a number of key questions remain unanswered regarding the mechanisms underlying DNA damage recognition by UvrA, the handoff to UvrB and the site-specific incision by UvrC. In the present study, we have successfully reconstituted in vitro a robust NER system using the UvrABC proteins from the radiation resistant bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans. We have investigated the influence of various parameters, including temperature, salt, protein and ATP concentrations, protein purity and metal cations, on the dual incision by UvrABC, so as to find the optimal conditions for the efficient release of the short lesion-containing oligonucleotide. This newly developed assay relying on the use of an original, doubly-labelled DNA substrate has allowed us to probe the kinetics of repair on different DNA substrates and to determine the order and precise sites of incisions on the 5′ and 3′ sides of the lesion. This new assay thus constitutes a valuable tool to further decipher the NER pathway in bacteria. Reconstitution of D radiodurans nucleotide excision repair provides insights into the kinetics of repair on different DNA substrates and determines the order and precise sites of incisions on the 5’ and 3’ sides of the lesion.
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He F, DuPrez K, Hilario E, Chen Z, Fan L. Structural basis of the XPB helicase-Bax1 nuclease complex interacting with the repair bubble DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:11695-11705. [PMID: 32986831 PMCID: PMC7672443 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) removes various DNA lesions caused by UV light and chemical carcinogens. The DNA helicase XPB plays a key role in DNA opening and coordinating damage incision by nucleases during NER, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we report crystal structures of XPB from Sulfurisphaera tokodaii (St) bound to the nuclease Bax1 and their complex with a bubble DNA having one arm unwound in the crystal. StXPB and Bax1 together spirally encircle 10 base pairs of duplex DNA at the double-/single-stranded (ds–ss) junction. Furthermore, StXPB has its ThM motif intruding between the two DNA strands and gripping the 3′-overhang while Bax1 interacts with the 5′-overhang. This ternary complex likely reflects the state of repair bubble extension by the XPB and nuclease machine. ATP binding and hydrolysis by StXPB could lead to a spiral translocation along dsDNA and DNA strand separation by the ThM motif, revealing an unconventional DNA unwinding mechanism. Interestingly, the DNA is kept away from the nuclease domain of Bax1, potentially preventing DNA incision by Bax1 during repair bubble extension.
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- Feng He
- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Thakur M, Muniyappa K. Deciphering the essentiality and function of SxSx motif in Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrB. Biochimie 2020; 170:94-105. [PMID: 31923481 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The UvrB subunit is a central component of the UvrABC incision complex and plays a pivotal role in damage recognition, strand excision and repair synthesis. A conserved structural motif (the SxSx motif) present in UvrB is analogous to a similar motif (TxGx) in the helicases of superfamily 2, whose function is not fully understood. To elucidate the significance of the SxSx (Ser143-Val144-Ser145-Cys146) motif in Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrB (MtUvrB), different variants of MtUvrB subunit were constructed and characterized. The SxSx motif indeed was found to be essential for MtUvrB function: while Ser143 and Cys146 residues within this motif were crucial for MtUvrB function, Ser145 plays an important but less essential role. The SxSx motif-deleted mutant was drastically attenuated and three single (S143A, S145A and C146A) mutants and a double (S143A/S145A) mutant exhibited various degrees of severity in their DNA-binding, DNA helicase and ATPase activities. Taken together, these results highlight a hitherto unrecognized role for SxSx motif in the catalytic activities of UvrB.
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- Manoj Thakur
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.
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Catarina Teodoro Castro B, Cançado de Faria R, Faria BF, Azevedo V, Lara Dos Santos L, Júnior MC, Machado CR, de Oliveira Lopes D. UvrB protein of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis complements the phenotype of knockout Escherichia coli and recognizes DNA damage caused by UV radiation but not 8-oxoguanine in vitro. Gene 2018; 639:34-43. [PMID: 28974474 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.09.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 09/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In prokaryotic cells, the UvrB protein plays a central role in nucleotide excision repair, which is involved in the recognition of bulky DNA lesions generated by chemical or physical agents. The present investigation aimed to characterize the uvrB gene of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (CpuvrB) and evaluate its involvement in the DNA repair system of this pathogenic organism. In computational analysis, the alignment of the UvrB protein sequences of Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Bacillus caldotenax and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis showed high similarity and the catalytic amino acid residues and functional domains are preserved. A CpUvrB model was constructed by comparative modeling and presented structural similarity with the UvrB of E. coli. Moreover, in molecular docking analysis CpUvrB showed favorable interaction with EcUvrA and revealed a preserved ATP incorporation site. Heterologous functional complementation assays using E. coli uvrB-deficient cells exposed to UV irradiation showed that the CpUvrB protein contributed to an increased survival rate in relation to those in the absence of CpUvrB. Damaged oligonucleotides containing thymine dimer or 8-oxoguanine lesion were synthesized and incubated with CpUvrB protein, which was able to recognize and excise UV irradiation damage but not 8-oxoguanine. These results suggest that CpUvrB is involved in repairing lesions derived from UV light and encodes a protein orthologous to EcUvrB.
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- Bárbara Catarina Teodoro Castro
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Genetics, Department of General Biology, ICB, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, ICB, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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Lahiri S, Rizzi M, Rossi F, Miggiano R. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
UvrB forms dimers in solution and interacts with UvrA in the absence of ligands. Proteins 2017; 86:98-109. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.25412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Samarpita Lahiri
- DSF-Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco; University of Piemonte Orientale; Novara Italy
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- DSF-Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco; University of Piemonte Orientale; Novara Italy
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- DSF-Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco; University of Piemonte Orientale; Novara Italy
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- DSF-Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco; University of Piemonte Orientale; Novara Italy
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Chamieh H, Ibrahim H, Kozah J. Genome-wide identification of SF1 and SF2 helicases from archaea. Gene 2015; 576:214-28. [PMID: 26456193 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Revised: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Archaea microorganisms have long been used as model organisms for the study of protein molecular machines. Archaeal proteins are particularly appealing to study since archaea, even though prokaryotic, possess eukaryotic-like cellular processes. Super Family I (SF1) and Super Family II (SF2) helicase families have been studied in many model organisms, little is known about their presence and distribution in archaea. We performed an exhaustive search of homologs of SF1 and SF2 helicase proteins in 95 complete archaeal genomes. In the present study, we identified the complete sets of SF1 and SF2 helicases in archaea. Comparative analysis between archaea, human and the bacteria E. coli SF1 and SF2 helicases, resulted in the identification of seven helicase families conserved among representatives of the domains of life. This analysis suggests that these helicase families are highly conserved throughout evolution. We highlight the conserved motifs of each family and characteristic domains of the detected families. Distribution of SF1/SF2 families show that Ski2-like, Lhr, Sfth and Rad3-like helicases are ubiquitous among archaeal genomes while the other families are specific to certain archaeal groups. We also report the presence of a novel SF2 helicase specific to archaea domain named Archaea Specific Helicase (ASH). Phylogenetic analysis indicated that ASH has evolved in Euryarchaeota and is evolutionary related to the Ski2-like family with specific characteristic domains. Our study provides the first exhaustive analysis of SF1 and SF2 helicases from archaea. It expands the variety of SF1 and SF2 archaeal helicases known to exist to date and provides a starting point for new biochemical and genetic studies needed to validate their biological functions.
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- Hala Chamieh
- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon; Centre AZM pour la Recherche en Biotechnologie et ses Applications, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Appliquée, Ecole Doctorale Sciences et Technologies, Mitein Street, Tripoli, Lebanon.
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental and Biological Science, Beirut Arab University, Tripoli, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Science, Université Saint Esprit de Kaslik, Jounieh, Lebanon
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) has allowed bacteria to flourish in many different niches around the globe that inflict harsh environmental damage to their genetic material. NER is remarkable because of its diverse substrate repertoire, which differs greatly in chemical composition and structure. Recent advances in structural biology and single-molecule studies have given great insight into the structure and function of NER components. This ensemble of proteins orchestrates faithful removal of toxic DNA lesions through a multistep process. The damaged nucleotide is recognized by dynamic probing of the DNA structure that is then verified and marked for dual incisions followed by excision of the damage and surrounding nucleotides. The opposite DNA strand serves as a template for repair, which is completed after resynthesis and ligation.
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- Caroline Kisker
- Rudolf-Virchow-Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, 97080 Wuerzburg, Germany.
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Pakotiprapha D, Jeruzalmi D. Small-angle X-ray scattering reveals architecture and A2
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stoichiometry of the UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor. Proteins 2012; 81:132-9. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.24170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2012] [Revised: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Webster MPJ, Jukes R, Zamfir VS, Kay CWM, Bagnéris C, Barrett T. Crystal structure of the UvrB dimer: insights into the nature and functioning of the UvrAB damage engagement and UvrB-DNA complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:8743-58. [PMID: 22753105 PMCID: PMC3458569 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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UvrB has a central role in the highly conserved UvrABC pathway functioning not only as a damage recognition element but also as an essential component of the lesion tracking machinery. While it has been recently confirmed that the tracking assembly comprises a UvrA2B2 heterotetramer, the configurations of the damage engagement and UvrB–DNA handover complexes remain obscure. Here, we present the first crystal structure of a UvrB dimer whose biological significance has been verified using both chemical cross-linking and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. We demonstrate that this dimeric species stably associates with UvrA and forms a UvrA2B2–DNA complex. Our studies also illustrate how signals are transduced between the ATP and DNA binding sites to generate the helicase activity pivotal to handover and formation of the UvrB2–DNA complex, providing key insights into the configurations of these important repair intermediates.
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- Matthew P J Webster
- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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Structural studies of UV-induced lesions and their complexes with repair proteins reveal an intrinsic flexibility of DNA at lesion sites. Reduced DNA rigidity stems primarily from the loss of base stacking, which may manifest as bending, unwinding, base unstacking, or flipping out. The intrinsic flexibility at UV lesions allows efficient initial lesion recognition within a pool of millions to billions of normal DNA base pairs. To bypass the damaged site by translesion synthesis, the specialized DNA polymerase η acts like a molecular "splint" and reinforces B-form DNA by numerous protein-phosphate interactions. Photolyases and glycosylases that specifically repair UV lesions interact directly with UV lesions in bent DNA via surface complementation. UvrA and UvrB, which recognize a variety of lesions in the bacterial nucleotide excision repair pathway, appear to exploit hysteresis exhibited by DNA lesions and conduct an ATP-dependent stress test to distort and separate DNA strands. Similar stress tests are likely conducted in eukaryotic nucleotide excision repair.
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- Wei Yang
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rm. B1-03, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Pakotiprapha D, Samuels M, Shen K, Hu JH, Jeruzalmi D. Structure and mechanism of the UvrA-UvrB DNA damage sensor. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2012; 19:291-8. [PMID: 22307053 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is used by all organisms to eliminate DNA lesions. We determined the structure of the Geobacillus stearothermophilus UvrA-UvrB complex, the damage-sensor in bacterial NER and a new structure of UvrA. We observe that the DNA binding surface of UvrA, previously found in an open shape that binds damaged DNA, also exists in a closed groove shape compatible with native DNA only. The sensor contains two UvrB molecules that flank the UvrA dimer along the predicted path for DNA, ~80 Å from the lesion. We show that the conserved signature domain II of UvrA mediates a nexus of contacts among UvrA, UvrB and DNA. Further, in our new structure of UvrA, this domain adopts an altered conformation while an adjacent nucleotide binding site is vacant. Our findings raise unanticipated questions about NER and also suggest a revised picture of its early stages.
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- Danaya Pakotiprapha
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Jia L, Kropachev K, Ding S, Van Houten B, Geacintov NE, Broyde S. Exploring damage recognition models in prokaryotic nucleotide excision repair with a benzo[a]pyrene-derived lesion in UvrB. Biochemistry 2009; 48:8948-57. [PMID: 19681599 DOI: 10.1021/bi9010072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The UvrB protein is a central unit for damage recognition in the prokaryotic nucleotide excision repair system, which excises bulky DNA lesions. We have utilized molecular modeling and MD simulations based on crystal structures, mutagenesis, and fluorescence data, to model the 10R-(+)-cis-anti-B[a]P-N2-dG lesion, derived from the tumorigenic (+)-anti-B[a]PDE metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene, at different locations on the inner and outer strand in UvrB. Our results suggest that this lesion is accommodated on the inner strand where it might translocate through the tunnel created by the beta-hairpin and UvrB domain 1B and ultimately could be housed in the pocket behind the beta-hairpin prior to excision by UvrC. Lesions that vary in size and shape may be stopped at the gate to the tunnel, within the tunnel, or in the pocket when UvrC initiates excision. Common features of beta-hairpin intrusion between the two DNA strands and nucleotide flipping manifested in structures of prokaryotic and eukaryotic NER lesion recognition proteins are consistent with common recognition mechanisms, based on lesion-induced local thermodynamic distortion/destabilization and nucleotide flipping.
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- Lei Jia
- Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, Room 1009, New York, New York 10003, USA
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Uyen NT, Park SY, Choi JW, Lee HJ, Nishi K, Kim JS. The fragment structure of a putative HsdR subunit of a type I restriction enzyme from Vibrio vulnificus YJ016: implications for DNA restriction and translocation activity. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:6960-9. [PMID: 19625490 PMCID: PMC2777439 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Among four types of bacterial restriction enzymes that cleave a foreign DNA depending on its methylation status, type I enzymes composed of three subunits are interesting because of their unique DNA cleavage and translocation mechanisms performed by the restriction subunit (HsdR). The elucidated N-terminal fragment structure of a putative HsdR subunit from Vibrio vulnificus YJ016 reveals three globular domains. The nucleolytic core within an N-terminal nuclease domain (NTD) is composed of one basic and three acidic residues, which include a metal-binding site. An ATP hydrolase (ATPase) site at the interface of two RecA-like domains (RDs) is located close to the probable DNA-binding site for translocation, which is far from the NTD nucleolytic core. Comparison of relative domain arrangements with other functionally related ATP and/or DNA complex structures suggests a possible translocation and restriction mechanism of the HsdR subunit. Furthermore, careful analysis of its sequence and structure implies that a linker helix connecting two RDs and an extended region within the nuclease domain may play a central role in switching the DNA translocation into the restriction activity.
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- Nguyen To Uyen
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine, Gwangju 501-746, Korea
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Aramini JM, Sharma S, Huang YJ, Swapna GVT, Ho CK, Shetty K, Cunningham K, Ma LC, Zhao L, Owens LA, Jiang M, Xiao R, Liu J, Baran MC, Acton TB, Rost B, Montelione GT. Solution NMR structure of the SOS response protein YnzC from Bacillus subtilis. Proteins 2008; 72:526-30. [PMID: 18431750 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- James M Aramini
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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Croteau DL, DellaVecchia MJ, Perera L, Van Houten B. Cooperative damage recognition by UvrA and UvrB: identification of UvrA residues that mediate DNA binding. DNA Repair (Amst) 2008; 7:392-404. [PMID: 18248777 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2007] [Revised: 11/07/2007] [Accepted: 11/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is responsible for the recognition and removal of numerous structurally unrelated DNA lesions. In prokaryotes, the proteins UvrA, UvrB and UvrC orchestrate the recognition and excision of aberrant lesions from DNA. Despite the progress we have made in understanding the NER pathway, it remains unclear how the UvrA dimer interacts with DNA to facilitate DNA damage recognition. The purpose of this study was to define amino acid residues in UvrA that provide binding energy to DNA. Based on conservation among approximately 300 UvrA sequences and 3D-modeling, two positively charged residues, Lys680 and Arg691, were predicted to be important for DNA binding. Mutagenesis and biochemical analysis of Bacillus caldontenax UvrA variant proteins containing site directed mutations at these residues demonstrate that Lys680 and Arg691 make a significant contribution toward the DNA binding affinity of UvrA. Replacing these side chains with alanine or negatively charged residues decreased UvrA binding 3-37-fold. Survival studies indicated that these mutant proteins complemented a WP2 uvrA(-) strain of bacteria 10-100% of WT UvrA levels. Further analysis by DNase I footprinting of the double UvrA mutant revealed that the UvrA DNA binding defects caused a slower rate of transfer of DNA to UvrB. Consequently, the mutants initiated the oligonucleotide incision assay nearly as well as WT UvrA thus explaining the observed mild phenotype in the survival assay. Based on our findings we propose a model of how UvrA binds to DNA.
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- Deborah L Croteau
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Pakotiprapha D, Inuzuka Y, Bowman BR, Moolenaar GF, Goosen N, Jeruzalmi D, Verdine GL. Crystal structure of Bacillus stearothermophilus UvrA provides insight into ATP-modulated dimerization, UvrB interaction, and DNA binding. Mol Cell 2007; 29:122-33. [PMID: 18158267 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2007] [Revised: 09/05/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The nucleotide excision repair pathway corrects many structurally unrelated DNA lesions. Damage recognition in bacteria is performed by UvrA, a member of the ABC ATPase superfamily whose functional form is a dimer with four nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs), two per protomer. In the 3.2 A structure of UvrA from Bacillus stearothermophilus, we observe that the nucleotide-binding sites are formed in an intramolecular fashion and are not at the dimer interface as is typically found in other ABC ATPases. UvrA also harbors two unique domains; we show that one of these is required for interaction with UvrB, its partner in lesion recognition. In addition, UvrA contains three zinc modules, the number and ligand sphere of which differ from previously published models. Structural analysis, biochemical experiments, surface electrostatics, and sequence conservation form the basis for models of ATP-modulated dimerization, UvrA-UvrB interaction, and DNA binding during the search for lesions.
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- Danaya Pakotiprapha
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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DellaVecchia MJ, Merritt WK, Peng Y, Kirby TW, DeRose EF, Mueller GA, Van Houten B, London RE. NMR analysis of [methyl-13C]methionine UvrB from Bacillus caldotenax reveals UvrB-domain 4 heterodimer formation in solution. J Mol Biol 2007; 373:282-95. [PMID: 17822711 PMCID: PMC2626275 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2007] [Revised: 07/18/2007] [Accepted: 07/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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UvrB is a central DNA damage recognition protein involved in bacterial nucleotide excision repair. Structural information has been limited by the apparent disorder of the C-terminal domain 4 in crystal structures of intact UvrB; in solution, the isolated domain 4 is found to form a helix-loop-helix dimer. In order to gain insight into the behavior of UvrB in solution, we have performed NMR studies on [methyl-13C]methionine-labeled UvrB from Bacillus caldotenax (molecular mass=75 kDa). The 13 methyl resonances were assigned on the basis of site-directed mutagenesis and domain deletion. Solvent accessibility was assessed based on the relaxation and chemical shift responses of the probe methyl resonances to the stable nitroxide, 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPOL). M632, located at the potential dimer interface of domain 4, provides an ideal probe for UvrB dimerization behavior. The M632 resonance of UvrB is very broad, consistent with some degree of monomer-dimer exchange and/or conformational instability of the exposed dimer interface. Upon addition of unlabeled domain 4 peptide, the M632 resonance of UvrB sharpens and shifts to a position consistent with a UvrB-domain 4 heterodimer. A dissociation constant (KD) value of 3.3 microM for the binding constant of UvrB with the domain 4 peptide was derived from surface plasmon resonance studies. Due to the flexibility of the domain 3-4 linker, inferred from limited proteolysis data and from the relaxation behavior of linker residue M607, the position of domain 4 is constrained not by the stiffness of the linking segment but by direct interactions with domains 1-3 in UvrB. In summary, UvrB homodimerization is disfavored, while domain 4 homodimerization and UvrB-domain 4 heterodimerization are allowed.
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- Matthew J DellaVecchia
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Park CJ, Lee JH, Choi BS. Functional insights gained from structural analyses of DNA duplexes that contain UV-damaged photoproducts. Photochem Photobiol 2007; 83:187-95. [PMID: 16802860 DOI: 10.1562/2006-02-28-ir-820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ultraviolet photolesions endow DNA with distinct structural and dynamic properties. Biophysical studies of photoproduct-containing DNA have shown that these lesions affect the mutagenic properties of DNA and damage recognition by DNA repair systems. Recently obtained high-resolution cocrystal structures of damaged DNA bound to either DNA polymerase or DNA repair enzymes have enriched our understanding of the mechanisms by which DNA lesions are bypassed or recognized by DNA metabolizing proteins. Here, we summarize the results of these structural studies and discuss their implications for DNA metabolism.
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- Chin-Ju Park
- Department of Chemistry, National Creative Initiative Center, KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Guseong-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejon, Korea
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Waters TR, Eryilmaz J, Geddes S, Barrett TE. Damage detection by the UvrABC pathway: crystal structure of UvrB bound to fluorescein-adducted DNA. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:6423-7. [PMID: 17097086 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.10.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2006] [Revised: 10/25/2006] [Accepted: 10/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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UvrB is the damage recognition element of the highly conserved UvrABC pathway that functions in the removal of bulky DNA adducts. Pivotal to this is the formation of a damage detection complex that relies on the ability of UvrB to locate and sequester diverse lesions. Whilst structures of UvrB bound to DNA have recently been reported, none address the issue of lesion recognition. Here, we describe the crystal structure of UvrB bound to a pentanucleotide containing a single fluorescein-adducted thymine that reveals a unique mechanism for damage detection entirely dependent on the exclusion of lesions larger than an undamaged nucleotide.
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- Timothy R Waters
- The School of Crystallography and the Institute for Structural Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom
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Wang H, DellaVecchia MJ, Skorvaga M, Croteau DL, Erie DA, Van Houten B. UvrB domain 4, an autoinhibitory gate for regulation of DNA binding and ATPase activity. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:15227-37. [PMID: 16595666 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m601476200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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UvrB, a central DNA damage recognition protein in bacterial nucleotide excision repair, has weak affinity for DNA, and its ATPase activity is activated by UvrA and damaged DNA. Regulation of DNA binding and ATP hydrolysis by UvrB is poorly understood. Using atomic force microscopy and biochemical assays, we found that truncation of domain 4 of Bacillus caldotenax UvrB (UvrBDelta4) leads to multiple changes in protein function. Protein dimerization decreases with an approximately 8-fold increase of the equilibrium dissociation constant and an increase in DNA binding. Loss of domain 4 causes the DNA binding mode of UvrB to change from dimer to monomer, and affinity increases with the apparent dissociation constants on nondamaged and damaged single-stranded DNA decreasing 22- and 14-fold, respectively. ATPase activity by UvrBDelta4 increases 14- and 9-fold with and without single-stranded DNA, respectively, and UvrBDelta4 supports UvrA-independent damage-specific incision by Cho on a bubble DNA substrate. We propose that other than its previously discovered role in regulating protein-protein interactions, domain 4 is an autoinhibitory domain regulating the DNA binding and ATPase activities of UvrB.
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- Hong Wang
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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