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Hu J, Crickard JB. All who wander are not lost: the search for homology during homologous recombination. Biochem Soc Trans 2024; 52:367-377. [PMID: 38323621 PMCID: PMC10903458 DOI: 10.1042/bst20230705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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Homologous recombination (HR) is a template-based DNA double-strand break repair pathway that functions to maintain genomic integrity. A vital component of the HR reaction is the identification of template DNA to be used during repair. This occurs through a mechanism known as the homology search. The homology search occurs in two steps: a collision step in which two pieces of DNA are forced to collide and a selection step that results in homologous pairing between matching DNA sequences. Selection of a homologous template is facilitated by recombinases of the RecA/Rad51 family of proteins in cooperation with helicases, translocases, and topoisomerases that determine the overall fidelity of the match. This menagerie of molecular machines acts to regulate critical intermediates during the homology search. These intermediates include recombinase filaments that probe for short stretches of homology and early strand invasion intermediates in the form of displacement loops (D-loops) that stabilize paired DNA. Here, we will discuss recent advances in understanding how these specific intermediates are regulated on the molecular level during the HR reaction. We will also discuss how the stability of these intermediates influences the ultimate outcomes of the HR reaction. Finally, we will discuss recent physiological models developed to explain how the homology search protects the genome.
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- Jingyi Hu
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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Diallo AB, Mezouar S, Boumaza A, Fiammingo O, Coiffard B, Pontarotti P, Desnues B, Mege JL. RadA, a Key Gene of the Circadian Rhythm of Escherichia coli. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23116136. [PMID: 35682819 PMCID: PMC9181324 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23116136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Circadian rhythms are present in almost all living organisms, and their activity relies on molecular clocks. In prokaryotes, a functional molecular clock has been defined only in cyanobacteria. Here, we investigated the presence of circadian rhythms in non-cyanobacterial prokaryotes. The bioinformatic approach was used to identify a homologue of KaiC (circadian gene in cyanobacteria) in Escherichia coli. Then, strains of E. coli (wild type and mutants) were grown on blood agar, and sampling was made every 3 h for 24 h at constant conditions. Gene expression was determined by qRT-PCR, and the rhythmicity was analyzed using the Cosinor model. We identified RadA as a KaiC homologue in E. coli. Expression of radA showed a circadian rhythm persisting at least 3 days, with a peak in the morning. The circadian expression of other E. coli genes was also observed. Gene circadian oscillations were lost in radA mutants of E. coli. This study provides evidence of molecular clock gene expression in E. coli with a circadian rhythm. Such a finding paves the way for new perspectives in antibacterial treatment.
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- Aissatou Bailo Diallo
- Microbes Evolution Phylogénie et Infection, Institut Recherche et Développement, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (S.M.); (A.B.); (O.F.); (B.C.); (P.P.); (B.D.); (J.-L.M.)
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-75-885-6027
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- Microbes Evolution Phylogénie et Infection, Institut Recherche et Développement, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (S.M.); (A.B.); (O.F.); (B.C.); (P.P.); (B.D.); (J.-L.M.)
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Microbes Evolution Phylogénie et Infection, Institut Recherche et Développement, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (S.M.); (A.B.); (O.F.); (B.C.); (P.P.); (B.D.); (J.-L.M.)
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Microbes Evolution Phylogénie et Infection, Institut Recherche et Développement, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (S.M.); (A.B.); (O.F.); (B.C.); (P.P.); (B.D.); (J.-L.M.)
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Microbes Evolution Phylogénie et Infection, Institut Recherche et Développement, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (S.M.); (A.B.); (O.F.); (B.C.); (P.P.); (B.D.); (J.-L.M.)
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Microbes Evolution Phylogénie et Infection, Institut Recherche et Développement, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (S.M.); (A.B.); (O.F.); (B.C.); (P.P.); (B.D.); (J.-L.M.)
- CNRS SNC5039, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Microbes Evolution Phylogénie et Infection, Institut Recherche et Développement, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (S.M.); (A.B.); (O.F.); (B.C.); (P.P.); (B.D.); (J.-L.M.)
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France
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- Microbes Evolution Phylogénie et Infection, Institut Recherche et Développement, Aix-Marseille University, 13005 Marseille, France; (S.M.); (A.B.); (O.F.); (B.C.); (P.P.); (B.D.); (J.-L.M.)
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, 13005 Marseille, France
- APHM, UF Immunologie, 13005 Marseille, France
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De Falco M, De Felice M. Take a Break to Repair: A Dip in the World of Double-Strand Break Repair Mechanisms Pointing the Gaze on Archaea. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222413296. [PMID: 34948099 PMCID: PMC8708640 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222413296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2021] [Revised: 12/06/2021] [Accepted: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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All organisms have evolved many DNA repair pathways to counteract the different types of DNA damages. The detection of DNA damage leads to distinct cellular responses that bring about cell cycle arrest and the induction of DNA repair mechanisms. In particular, DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are extremely toxic for cell survival, that is why cells use specific mechanisms of DNA repair in order to maintain genome stability. The choice among the repair pathways is mainly linked to the cell cycle phases. Indeed, if it occurs in an inappropriate cellular context, it may cause genome rearrangements, giving rise to many types of human diseases, from developmental disorders to cancer. Here, we analyze the most recent remarks about the main pathways of DSB repair with the focus on homologous recombination. A thorough knowledge in DNA repair mechanisms is pivotal for identifying the most accurate treatments in human diseases.
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Pérez-Arnaiz P, Dattani A, Smith V, Allers T. Haloferax volcanii-a model archaeon for studying DNA replication and repair. Open Biol 2020; 10:200293. [PMID: 33259746 PMCID: PMC7776575 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.200293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The tree of life shows the relationship between all organisms based on their common ancestry. Until 1977, it comprised two major branches: prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Work by Carl Woese and other microbiologists led to the recategorization of prokaryotes and the proposal of three primary domains: Eukarya, Bacteria and Archaea. Microbiological, genetic and biochemical techniques were then needed to study the third domain of life. Haloferax volcanii, a halophilic species belonging to the phylum Euryarchaeota, has provided many useful tools to study Archaea, including easy culturing methods, genetic manipulation and phenotypic screening. This review will focus on DNA replication and DNA repair pathways in H. volcanii, how this work has advanced our knowledge of archaeal cellular biology, and how it may deepen our understanding of bacterial and eukaryotic processes.
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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Marshall CJ, Santangelo TJ. Archaeal DNA Repair Mechanisms. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E1472. [PMID: 33113933 PMCID: PMC7690668 DOI: 10.3390/biom10111472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Archaea often thrive in environmental extremes, enduring levels of heat, pressure, salinity, pH, and radiation that prove intolerable to most life. Many environmental extremes raise the propensity for DNA damaging events and thus, impact DNA stability, placing greater reliance on molecular mechanisms that recognize DNA damage and initiate accurate repair. Archaea can presumably prosper in harsh and DNA-damaging environments in part due to robust DNA repair pathways but surprisingly, no DNA repair pathways unique to Archaea have been described. Here, we review the most recent advances in our understanding of archaeal DNA repair. We summarize DNA damage types and their consequences, their recognition by host enzymes, and how the collective activities of many DNA repair pathways maintain archaeal genomic integrity.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA;
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Accurate DNA repair and replication are critical for genomic stability and cancer prevention. RAD51 and its gene family are key regulators of DNA fidelity through diverse roles in double-strand break repair, replication stress, and meiosis. RAD51 is an ATPase that forms a nucleoprotein filament on single-stranded DNA. RAD51 has the function of finding and invading homologous DNA sequences to enable accurate and timely DNA repair. Its paralogs, which arose from ancient gene duplications of RAD51, have evolved to regulate and promote RAD51 function. Underscoring its importance, misregulation of RAD51, and its paralogs, is associated with diseases such as cancer and Fanconi anemia. In this review, we focus on the mammalian RAD51 structure and function and highlight the use of model systems to enable mechanistic understanding of RAD51 cellular roles. We also discuss how misregulation of the RAD51 gene family members contributes to disease and consider new approaches to pharmacologically inhibit RAD51.
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- Braulio Bonilla
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA;
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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]
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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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RecA and DNA recombination: a review of molecular mechanisms. Biochem Soc Trans 2020; 47:1511-1531. [PMID: 31654073 DOI: 10.1042/bst20190558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Recombinases are responsible for homologous recombination and maintenance of genome integrity. In Escherichia coli, the recombinase RecA forms a nucleoprotein filament with the ssDNA present at a DNA break and searches for a homologous dsDNA to use as a template for break repair. During the first step of this process, the ssDNA is bound to RecA and stretched into a Watson-Crick base-paired triplet conformation. The RecA nucleoprotein filament also contains ATP and Mg2+, two cofactors required for RecA activity. Then, the complex starts a homology search by interacting with and stretching dsDNA. Thanks to supercoiling, intersegment sampling and RecA clustering, a genome-wide homology search takes place at a relevant metabolic timescale. When a region of homology 8-20 base pairs in length is found and stabilized, DNA strand exchange proceeds, forming a heteroduplex complex that is resolved through a combination of DNA synthesis, ligation and resolution. RecA activities can take place without ATP hydrolysis, but this latter activity is necessary to improve and accelerate the process. Protein flexibility and monomer-monomer interactions are fundamental for RecA activity, which functions cooperatively. A structure/function relationship analysis suggests that the recombinogenic activity can be improved and that recombinases have an inherently large recombination potential. Understanding this relationship is essential for designing RecA derivatives with enhanced activity for biotechnology applications. For example, this protein is a major actor in the recombinase polymerase isothermal amplification (RPA) used in point-of-care diagnostics.
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Zhang L, Shi H, Gan Q, Wang Y, Wu M, Yang Z, Oger P, Zheng J. An alternative pathway for repair of deaminated bases in DNA triggered by archaeal NucS endonuclease. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 85:102734. [PMID: 31704332 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Recent studies show that NucS endonucleases participate in mismatch repair in several archaea and bacteria. However, the function of archaeal NucS endonucleases has not been completely clarified. Here, we describe a NucS endonuclease from the hyperthermophilic and radioresistant archaeon Thermococcus gammatolerans (Tga NucS) that can cleave uracil (U)- and hypoxanthine (I)-containing dsDNA at 80 °C. Biochemical evidence shows that the cleavage sites of the enzyme are at the second phosphodiester on the 5'- site of U or I, and at the third phosphodiester on the 5'-site of the opposite base of U or I, creating a double strand break with a 4-nt 5'-overhang.The ends of the cleaved product of Tga NucS are ligatable, possessing 5'-phosphate and 3'-hydroxyl termini, which can be utilized by DNA repair proteins or enzymes. Tga NucS displays a preference for U/G- and I/T-containing dsDNA over other pairs with U or I, suggesting that the enzyme is responsible for repair of U and I in DNA that arise from deamination. Biochemical characterization of cleaving U- and I-containing DNA by Tga NucS was also investigated. The DNA-binding results show that the enzyme exhibits a higher affinity for normal, U- and I-containing dsDNA than for normal, U- and I-containing ssDNA. Therefore, we present an alternative pathway for repair of deaminated bases in DNA triggered by archaeal NucS endonuclease in hyperthermophilic archaea.
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- Likui Zhang
- Marine Science & Technology Institute, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, China; Guangling College, Yangzhou University, China.
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- Marine Science & Technology Institute, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, China
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- Marine Science & Technology Institute, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, China
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- Marine Science & Technology Institute, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, China
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- Marine Science & Technology Institute, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, China
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- College of Plant Protection, Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding City, Hebei Province 071001, China.
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- Univ Lyon, INSA de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5240, Villeurbanne, France.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Hutinet G, Besle A, Son O, McGovern S, Guerois R, Petit MA, Ochsenbein F, Lecointe F. Sak4 of Phage HK620 Is a RecA Remote Homolog With Single-Strand Annealing Activity Stimulated by Its Cognate SSB Protein. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:743. [PMID: 29740405 PMCID: PMC5928155 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Bacteriophages are remarkable for the wide diversity of proteins they encode to perform DNA replication and homologous recombination. Looking back at these ancestral forms of life may help understanding how similar proteins work in more sophisticated organisms. For instance, the Sak4 family is composed of proteins similar to the archaeal RadB protein, a Rad51 paralog. We have previously shown that Sak4 allowed single-strand annealing in vivo, but only weakly compared to the phage λ Redβ protein, highlighting putatively that Sak4 requires partners to be efficient. Here, we report that the purified Sak4 of phage HK620 infecting Escherichia coli is a poorly efficient annealase on its own. A distant homolog of SSB, which gene is usually next to the sak4 gene in various species of phages, highly stimulates its recombineering activity in vivo. In vitro, Sak4 binds single-stranded DNA and performs single-strand annealing in an ATP-dependent way. Remarkably, the single-strand annealing activity of Sak4 is stimulated by its cognate SSB. The last six C-terminal amino acids of this SSB are essential for the binding of Sak4 to SSB-covered single-stranded DNA, as well as for the stimulation of its annealase activity. Finally, expression of sak4 and ssb from HK620 can promote low-level of recombination in vivo, though Sak4 and its SSB are unable to promote strand exchange in vitro. Regarding its homology with RecA, Sak4 could represent a link between two previously distinct types of recombinases, i.e., annealases that help strand exchange proteins and strand exchange proteins themselves.
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- Geoffrey Hutinet
- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), IBITECS, CEA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), IBITECS, CEA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), IBITECS, CEA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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De Falco M, Massa F, Rossi M, De Felice M. The Sulfolobus solfataricus RecQ-like DNA helicase Hel112 inhibits the NurA/HerA complex exonuclease activity. Extremophiles 2018; 22:581-589. [PMID: 29488113 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-018-1018-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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ATPase/Helicases and nucleases play important roles in DNA end-resection, a critical step during homologous recombination repair in all organisms. In hyperthermophilic archaea the exo-endonuclease NurA and the ATPase HerA cooperate with the highly conserved Mre11-Rad50 complex in 3' single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) end processing to coordinate repair of double-stranded DNA breaks. Little is known, however, about the assembly mechanism and activation of the HerA-NurA complex. In this study we demonstrate that the NurA exonuclease activity is inhibited by the Sulfolobus solfataricus RecQ-like Hel112 helicase. Inhibition occurs both in the presence and in the absence of HerA, but is much stronger when NurA is in complex with HerA. In contrast, the endonuclease activity of NurA is not affected by the presence of Hel112. Taken together these results suggest that the functional interaction between NurA/HerA and Hel112 is important for DNA end-resection in archaeal homologous recombination.
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- Mariarosaria De Falco
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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All organisms must adapt to ever-changing environmental conditions and accordingly have evolved diverse signal transduction systems. In bacteria, the most abundant networks are built around the two-component signal transduction systems that include histidine kinases and receiver domains. In contrast, eukaryotic signal transduction is dominated by serine/threonine/tyrosine protein kinases. Both of these systems are also found in archaea, but they are not as common and diversified as their bacterial and eukaryotic counterparts, suggesting the possibility that archaea have evolved other, still uncharacterized signal transduction networks. Here we propose a role for KaiC family ATPases, known to be key components of the circadian clock in cyanobacteria, in archaeal signal transduction. The KaiC family is notably expanded in most archaeal genomes, and although most of these ATPases remain poorly characterized, members of the KaiC family have been shown to control archaellum assembly and have been found to be a stable component of the gas vesicle system in Halobacteria Computational analyses described here suggest that KaiC-like ATPases and their homologues with inactivated ATPase domains are involved in many other archaeal signal transduction pathways and comprise major hubs of complex regulatory networks. We predict numerous input and output domains that are linked to KaiC-like proteins, including putative homologues of eukaryotic DEATH domains that could function as adapters in archaeal signaling networks. We further address the relationships of the archaeal family of KaiC homologues to the bona fide KaiC of cyanobacteria and implications for the existence of a KaiC-based circadian clock apparatus in archaea.IMPORTANCE Little is currently known about signal transduction pathways in Archaea Recent studies indicate that KaiC-like ATPases, known as key components of the circadian clock apparatus in cyanobacteria, are involved in the regulation of archaellum assembly and, likely, type IV pili and the gas vesicle system in Archaea We performed comprehensive comparative genomic analyses of the KaiC family. A vast protein interaction network was revealed, with KaiC family proteins as hubs for numerous input and output components, many of which are shared with two-component signal transduction systems. Putative KaiC-based signal transduction systems are predicted to regulate the activities of membrane-associated complexes and individual proteins, such as signal recognition particle and membrane transporters, and also could be important for oxidative stress response regulation. KaiC-centered signal transduction networks are predicted to play major roles in archaeal physiology, and this work is expected to stimulate their experimental characterization.
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Patoli BB, Winter JA, Patoli AA, Delahay RM, Bunting KA. Co-expression and purification of the RadA recombinase with the RadB paralog from Haloferax volcanii yields heteromeric ring-like structures. Microbiology (Reading) 2017; 163:1802-1811. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Bushra B. Patoli
- School of Biology, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
- Present address: Institute of Microbiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
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- School of Biology, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
- Present address: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- School of Biology, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
- Present address: Institute of Microbiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
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- School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- School of Biology, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
- Present address: Albumedix Ltd, Nottingham, NG7 1FD, UK
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Golyshina OV, Tran H, Reva ON, Lemak S, Yakunin AF, Goesmann A, Nechitaylo TY, LaCono V, Smedile F, Slesarev A, Rojo D, Barbas C, Ferrer M, Yakimov MM, Golyshin PN. Metabolic and evolutionary patterns in the extremely acidophilic archaeon Ferroplasma acidiphilum Y T. Sci Rep 2017; 7:3682. [PMID: 28623373 PMCID: PMC5473848 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03904-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Ferroplasmaceae represent ubiquitous iron-oxidising extreme acidophiles with a number of unique physiological traits. In a genome-based study of Ferroplasma acidiphilum YT, the only species of the genus Ferroplasma with a validly published name, we assessed its central metabolism and genome stability during a long-term cultivation experiment. Consistently with physiology, the genome analysis points to F. acidiphilum YT having an obligate peptidolytic oligotrophic lifestyle alongside with anaplerotic carbon assimilation. This narrow trophic specialisation abridges the sugar uptake, although all genes for glycolysis and gluconeogenesis, including bifunctional unidirectional fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase/phosphatase, have been identified. Pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenases are substituted by 'ancient' CoA-dependent pyruvate and alpha-ketoglutarate ferredoxin oxidoreductases. In the lab culture, after ~550 generations, the strain exhibited the mutation rate of ≥1.3 × 10-8 single nucleotide substitutions per site per generation, which is among the highest values recorded for unicellular organisms. All but one base substitutions were G:C to A:T, their distribution between coding and non-coding regions and synonymous-to-non-synonymous mutation ratios suggest the neutral drift being a prevalent mode in genome evolution in the lab culture. Mutations in nature seem to occur with lower frequencies, as suggested by a remarkable genomic conservation in F. acidiphilum YT variants from geographically distant populations.
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- Olga V Golyshina
- School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, LL57 2UW Bangor, Gwynedd, UK.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, LL57 2UW Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
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- Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Department of Biochemistry, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S3E5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S3E5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- CeBiTec Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, D-33615, Bielefeld, Germany
- Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus Liebig Universität Gießen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, D-35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Insect Symbiosis Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745, Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, CNR, Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122, Messina, Italy
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, CNR, Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122, Messina, Italy
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- Fidelity Systems, Zylacta Corporation, 7965 Cessna Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD, 20879, USA
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- Centro de Metabolómica y Bioanálisis (CEMBIO), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Montepríncipe, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Metabolómica y Bioanálisis (CEMBIO), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Campus Montepríncipe, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Catalysis CSIC, Campus Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Coastal Marine Environment, CNR, Spianata S. Raineri 86, 98122, Messina, Italy
- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Universitetskaya 1, 36040, Kaliningrad, Russia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, LL57 2UW Bangor, Gwynedd, UK
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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]
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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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Solovyov IA, Dobrovol’skaya EV, Moskalev AA. Genetic control of circadian rhythms and aging. RUSS J GENET+ 2016. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795416040104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Meshcheryakov VA, Wolf M. Crystal structure of the flagellar accessory protein FlaH of Methanocaldococcus jannaschii suggests a regulatory role in archaeal flagellum assembly. Protein Sci 2016; 25:1147-55. [PMID: 27060465 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2016] [Revised: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Archaeal flagella are unique structures that share functional similarity with bacterial flagella, but are structurally related to bacterial type IV pili. The flagellar accessory protein FlaH is one of the conserved components of the archaeal motility system. However, its function is not clearly understood. Here, we present the 2.2 Å resolution crystal structure of FlaH from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Methanocaldococcus jannaschii. The protein has a characteristic RecA-like fold, which has been found previously both in archaea and bacteria. We show that FlaH binds to immobilized ATP-however, it lacks ATPase activity. Surface plasmon resonance analysis demonstrates that ATP affects the interaction between FlaH and the archaeal motor protein FlaI. In the presence of ATP, the FlaH-FlaI interaction becomes significantly weaker. A database search revealed similarity between FlaH and several DNA-binding proteins of the RecA superfamily. The closest structural homologs of FlaH are KaiC-like proteins, which are archaeal homologs of the circadian clock protein KaiC from cyanobacteria. We propose that one of the functions of FlaH may be the regulation of archaeal motor complex assembly.
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- Vladimir A Meshcheryakov
- Molecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Kunigami, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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- Molecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Kunigami, Okinawa 904-0495, Japan
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Dibrova DV, Galperin MY, Koonin EV, Mulkidjanian AY. Ancient Systems of Sodium/Potassium Homeostasis as Predecessors of Membrane Bioenergetics. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2016; 80:495-516. [PMID: 26071768 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297915050016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cell cytoplasm of archaea, bacteria, and eukaryotes contains substantially more potassium than sodium, and potassium cations are specifically required for many key cellular processes, including protein synthesis. This distinct ionic composition and requirements have been attributed to the emergence of the first cells in potassium-rich habitats. Different, albeit complementary, scenarios have been proposed for the primordial potassium-rich environments based on experimental data and theoretical considerations. Specifically, building on the observation that potassium prevails over sodium in the vapor of inland geothermal systems, we have argued that the first cells could emerge in the pools and puddles at the periphery of primordial anoxic geothermal fields, where the elementary composition of the condensed vapor would resemble the internal milieu of modern cells. Marine and freshwater environments generally contain more sodium than potassium. Therefore, to invade such environments, while maintaining excess of potassium over sodium in the cytoplasm, primordial cells needed means to extrude sodium ions. The foray into new, sodium-rich habitats was the likely driving force behind the evolution of diverse redox-, light-, chemically-, or osmotically-dependent sodium export pumps and the increase of membrane tightness. Here we present a scenario that details how the interplay between several, initially independent sodium pumps might have triggered the evolution of sodium-dependent membrane bioenergetics, followed by the separate emergence of the proton-dependent bioenergetics in archaea and bacteria. We also discuss the development of systems that utilize the sodium/potassium gradient across the cell membranes.
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- D V Dibrova
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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De Falco M, Catalano F, Rossi M, Ciaramella M, De Felice M. NurA Is Endowed with Endo- and Exonuclease Activities that Are Modulated by HerA: New Insight into Their Role in DNA-End Processing. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0142345. [PMID: 26560692 PMCID: PMC4641729 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The nuclease NurA and the ATPase HerA are present in all known thermophilic archaea and cooperate with the highly conserved MRE11/RAD50 proteins to facilitate efficient DNA double-strand break end processing during homologous recombinational repair. However, contradictory results have been reported on the exact activities and mutual dependence of these two enzymes. To understand the functional relationship between these two enzymes we deeply characterized Sulfolobus solfataricus NurA and HerA proteins. We found that NurA is endowed with exo- and endonuclease activities on various DNA substrates, including linear (single-stranded and double stranded) as well as circular molecules (single stranded and supercoiled double-stranded). All these activities are not strictly dependent on the presence of HerA, require divalent ions (preferably Mn2+), and are inhibited by the presence of ATP. The endo- and exonculease activities have distinct requirements: whereas the exonuclease activity on linear DNA fragments is stimulated by HerA and depends on the catalytic D58 residue, the endonuclease activity on circular double-stranded DNA is HerA-independent and is not affected by the D58A mutation. On the basis of our results we propose a mechanism of action of NurA/HerA complex during DNA end processing.
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- Mariarosaria De Falco
- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, 80131, Italy
- * E-mail: (M. De Falco); (M. De Felice)
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, 80131, Italy
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- Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, 80131, Italy
- * E-mail: (M. De Falco); (M. De Felice)
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Bhowmik P, Das Gupta SK. Biochemical Characterization of a Mycobacteriophage Derived DnaB Ortholog Reveals New Insight into the Evolutionary Origin of DnaB Helicases. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134762. [PMID: 26237048 PMCID: PMC4523182 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The bacterial replicative helicases known as DnaB are considered to be members of the RecA superfamily. All members of this superfamily, including DnaB, have a conserved C- terminal domain, known as the RecA core. We unearthed a series of mycobacteriophage encoded proteins in which the RecA core domain alone was present. These proteins were phylogenetically related to each other and formed a distinct clade within the RecA superfamily. A mycobacteriophage encoded protein, Wildcat Gp80 that roots deep in the DnaB family, was found to possess a core domain having significant sequence homology (Expect value < 10-5) with members of this novel cluster. This indicated that Wildcat Gp80, and by extrapolation, other members of the DnaB helicase family, may have evolved from a single domain RecA core polypeptide belonging to this novel group. Biochemical investigations confirmed that Wildcat Gp80 was a helicase. Surprisingly, our investigations also revealed that a thioredoxin tagged truncated version of the protein in which the N-terminal sequences were removed was fully capable of supporting helicase activity, although its ATP dependence properties were different. DnaB helicase activity is thus, primarily a function of the RecA core although additional N-terminal sequences may be necessary for fine tuning its activity and stability. Based on sequence comparison and biochemical studies we propose that DnaB helicases may have evolved from single domain RecA core proteins having helicase activities of their own, through the incorporation of additional N-terminal sequences.
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- Priyanka Bhowmik
- Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VIIM, Kolkata 700054, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute, P1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VIIM, Kolkata 700054, West Bengal, India
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Cossu M, Da Cunha V, Toffano-Nioche C, Forterre P, Oberto J. Comparative genomics reveals conserved positioning of essential genomic clusters in highly rearranged Thermococcales chromosomes. Biochimie 2015; 118:313-21. [PMID: 26166067 PMCID: PMC4640148 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The genomes of the 21 completely sequenced Thermococcales display a characteristic high level of rearrangements. As a result, the prediction of their origin and termination of replication on the sole basis of chromosomal DNA composition or skew is inoperative. Using a different approach based on biologically relevant sequences, we were able to determine oriC position in all 21 genomes. The position of dif, the site where chromosome dimers are resolved before DNA segregation could be predicted in 19 genomes. Computation of the core genome uncovered a number of essential gene clusters with a remarkably stable chromosomal position across species, in sharp contrast with the scrambled nature of their genomes. The active chromosomal reorganization of numerous genes acquired by horizontal transfer, mainly from mobile elements, could explain this phenomenon. Thermococcales chromosomal landmarks were uncovered using biologically relevant sequences. Core genomes procedures predict integration of mobile elements on Thermococcales chromosomes. Thermococcales genomes are highly rearranged but core clusters positions remain invariable. Thermococcales core genes are more expressed and predominantly encoded on the leading strand.
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- Matteo Cossu
- Institute of Integrative Cellular Biology, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute of Integrative Cellular Biology, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute of Integrative Cellular Biology, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute of Integrative Cellular Biology, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institute of Integrative Cellular Biology, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay, France
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Topilina NI, Novikova O, Stanger M, Banavali NK, Belfort M. Post-translational environmental switch of RadA activity by extein-intein interactions in protein splicing. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:6631-48. [PMID: 26101259 PMCID: PMC4513877 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Post-translational control based on an environmentally sensitive intervening intein sequence is described. Inteins are invasive genetic elements that self-splice at the protein level from the flanking host protein, the exteins. Here we show in Escherichia coli and in vitro that splicing of the RadA intein located in the ATPase domain of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii is strongly regulated by the native exteins, which lock the intein in an inactive state. High temperature or solution conditions can unlock the intein for full activity, as can remote extein point mutations. Notably, this splicing trap occurs through interactions between distant residues in the native exteins and the intein, in three-dimensional space. The exteins might thereby serve as an environmental sensor, releasing the intein for full activity only at optimal growth conditions for the native organism, while sparing ATP consumption under conditions of cold-shock. This partnership between the intein and its exteins, which implies coevolution of the parasitic intein and its host protein may provide a novel means of post-translational control.
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- Natalya I Topilina
- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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- Laboratory of Computational and Structural Biology, Division of Genetics, Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health and Department of Biomedical Sciences, University at Albany, CMS 2008, Biggs Lab, Empire State Plaza, PO Box 509, Albany, NY 12201-2002, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and RNA Institute, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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Huang Q, Liu L, Liu J, Ni J, She Q, Shen Y. Efficient 5'-3' DNA end resection by HerA and NurA is essential for cell viability in the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus islandicus. BMC Mol Biol 2015; 16:2. [PMID: 25880130 PMCID: PMC4351679 DOI: 10.1186/s12867-015-0030-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background ATPase/Helicases and nucleases play important roles in homologous recombination repair (HRR). Many of the mechanistic details relating to these enzymes and their function in this fundamental and complicated DNA repair process remain poorly understood in archaea. Here we employed Sulfolobus islandicus, a hyperthermophilic archaeon, as a model to investigate the in vivo functions of the ATPase/helicase HerA, the nuclease NurA, and their associated proteins Mre11 and Rad50. Results We revealed that each of the four genes in the same operon, mre11, rad50, herA, and nurA, are essential for cell viability by a mutant propagation assay. A genetic complementation assay with mutant proteins was combined with biochemical characterization demonstrating that the ATPase activity of HerA, the interaction between HerA and NurA, and the efficient 5′-3′ DNA end resection activity of the HerA-NurA complex are essential for cell viability. NurA and two other putative HRR proteins: a PIN (PilT N-terminal)-domain containing ATPase and the Holliday junction resolvase Hjc, were co-purified with a chromosomally encoded N-His-HerA in vivo. The interactions of HerA with the ATPase and Hjc were further confirmed by in vitro pull down. Conclusion Efficient 5′-3′ DNA end resection activity of the HerA-NurA complex contributes to necessity of HerA and NurA in Sulfolobus, which is crucial to yield a 3′-overhang in HRR. HerA may have additional binding partners in cells besides NurA. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12867-015-0030-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Qihong Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 27 Shanda Nan Rd., Jinan, 250100, P. R. China. .,Archaea Centre, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole MaaløesVej 5, Copenhagen N, DK-2200, Denmark.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 27 Shanda Nan Rd., Jinan, 250100, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 27 Shanda Nan Rd., Jinan, 250100, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 27 Shanda Nan Rd., Jinan, 250100, P. R. China.
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- Archaea Centre, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole MaaløesVej 5, Copenhagen N, DK-2200, Denmark.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, 27 Shanda Nan Rd., Jinan, 250100, P. R. China.
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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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Archaeal genome guardians give insights into eukaryotic DNA replication and damage response proteins. ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2014; 2014:206735. [PMID: 24701133 PMCID: PMC3950489 DOI: 10.1155/2014/206735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2013] [Revised: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 11/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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As the third domain of life, archaea, like the eukarya and bacteria, must have robust DNA replication and repair complexes to ensure genome fidelity. Archaea moreover display a breadth of unique habitats and characteristics, and structural biologists increasingly appreciate these features. As archaea include extremophiles that can withstand diverse environmental stresses, they provide fundamental systems for understanding enzymes and pathways critical to genome integrity and stress responses. Such archaeal extremophiles provide critical data on the periodic table for life as well as on the biochemical, geochemical, and physical limitations to adaptive strategies allowing organisms to thrive under environmental stress relevant to determining the boundaries for life as we know it. Specifically, archaeal enzyme structures have informed the architecture and mechanisms of key DNA repair proteins and complexes. With added abilities to temperature-trap flexible complexes and reveal core domains of transient and dynamic complexes, these structures provide insights into mechanisms of maintaining genome integrity despite extreme environmental stress. The DNA damage response protein structures noted in this review therefore inform the basis for genome integrity in the face of environmental stress, with implications for all domains of life as well as for biomanufacturing, astrobiology, and medicine.
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Pluchon PF, Fouqueau T, Crezé C, Laurent S, Briffotaux J, Hogrel G, Palud A, Henneke G, Godfroy A, Hausner W, Thomm M, Nicolas J, Flament D. An extended network of genomic maintenance in the archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi highlights unexpected associations between eucaryotic homologs. PLoS One 2013; 8:e79707. [PMID: 24244547 PMCID: PMC3820547 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Accepted: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In Archaea, the proteins involved in the genetic information processing pathways, including DNA replication, transcription, and translation, share strong similarities with those of eukaryotes. Characterizations of components of the eukaryotic-type replication machinery complex provided many interesting insights into DNA replication in both domains. In contrast, DNA repair processes of hyperthermophilic archaea are less well understood and very little is known about the intertwining between DNA synthesis, repair and recombination pathways. The development of genetic system in hyperthermophilic archaea is still at a modest stage hampering the use of complementary approaches of reverse genetics and biochemistry to elucidate the function of new candidate DNA repair gene. To gain insights into genomic maintenance processes in hyperthermophilic archaea, a protein-interaction network centred on informational processes of Pyrococcus abyssi was generated by affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry. The network consists of 132 interactions linking 87 proteins. These interactions give insights into the connections of DNA replication with recombination and repair, leading to the discovery of new archaeal components and of associations between eucaryotic homologs. Although this approach did not allow us to clearly delineate new DNA pathways, it provided numerous clues towards the function of new molecular complexes with the potential to better understand genomic maintenance processes in hyperthermophilic archaea. Among others, we found new potential partners of the replication clamp and demonstrated that the single strand DNA binding protein, Replication Protein A, enhances the transcription rate, in vitro, of RNA polymerase. This interaction map provides a valuable tool to explore new aspects of genome integrity in Archaea and also potentially in Eucaryotes.
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- Pierre-François Pluchon
- Ifremer, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Ifremer, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
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- Ifremer, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- IRISA-INRIA, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes, France
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- Ifremer, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- CNRS, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, Plouzané, France
- * E-mail: (DF); (JN)
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Liang PJ, Han WY, Huang QH, Li YZ, Ni JF, She QX, Shen YL. Knockouts of RecA-Like Proteins RadC1 and RadC2 Have Distinct Responses to DNA Damage Agents in Sulfolobus islandicus. J Genet Genomics 2013; 40:533-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2013.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Revised: 05/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An archaeal RadA paralog influences presynaptic filament formation. DNA Repair (Amst) 2013; 12:403-13. [PMID: 23622866 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2013.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Recombinases of the RecA family play vital roles in homologous recombination, a high-fidelity mechanism to repair DNA double-stranded breaks. These proteins catalyze strand invasion and exchange after forming dynamic nucleoprotein filaments on ssDNA. Increasing evidence suggests that stabilization of these dynamic filaments is a highly conserved function across diverse species. Here, we analyze the presynaptic filament formation and DNA binding characteristics of the Sulfolobus solfataricus recombinase SsoRadA in conjunction with the SsoRadA paralog SsoRal1. In addition to constraining SsoRadA ssDNA-dependent ATPase activity, the paralog also enhances SsoRadA ssDNA binding, effectively influencing activities necessary for presynaptic filament formation. These activities result in enhanced SsoRadA-mediated strand invasion in the presence of SsoRal1 and suggest a filament stabilization function for the SsoRal1 protein.
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Graham WJ, Haseltine CA. A recombinase paralog from the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus enhances SsoRadA ssDNA binding and strand displacement. Gene 2012; 515:128-39. [PMID: 23220019 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Revised: 11/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Homologous recombination (HR) is a major pathway for the repair of double-strand DNA breaks, a highly deleterious form of DNA damage. The main catalytic protein in HR is the essential RecA-family recombinase, which is conserved across all three domains of life. Eukaryotes and archaea encode varying numbers of proteins paralogous to their main recombinase. Although there is increasing evidence for the functions of some of these paralog proteins, overall their mechanism of action remains largely unclear. Here we present the first biochemical characterization of one of the paralog proteins, SsoRal3, from the crenarchaeaon Sulfolobus solfataricus. The SsoRal3 protein is a ssDNA-dependent ATPase that can catalyze strand invasion at both saturating and subsaturating concentrations. It can bind both ssDNA and dsDNA, but its binding preference is altered by the presence or absence of ATP. Addition of SsoRal3 to SsoRadA nucleoprotein filaments reduces total ATPase activity. Subsaturating concentrations of SsoRal3 increase the ssDNA binding activity of SsoRadA approximately 9-fold and also increase the persistence of SsoRadA catalyzed strand invasion products. Overall, these results suggest that SsoRal3 functions to stabilize the SsoRadA presynaptic filament.
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- William J Graham
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163, USA
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Structure-function analysis of pneumococcal DprA protein reveals that dimerization is crucial for loading RecA recombinase onto DNA during transformation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:E2466-75. [PMID: 22904190 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205638109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Transformation promotes genome plasticity in bacteria via RecA-driven homologous recombination. In the gram-positive human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae, the transformasome a multiprotein complex, internalizes, protects, and processes transforming DNA to generate chromosomal recombinants. Double-stranded DNA is internalized as single strands, onto which the transformation-dedicated DNA processing protein A (DprA) ensures the loading of RecA to form presynaptic filaments. We report that the structure of DprA consists of the association of a sterile alpha motif domain and a Rossmann fold and that DprA forms tail-to-tail dimers. The isolation of DprA self-interaction mutants revealed that dimerization is crucial for the formation of nucleocomplexes in vitro and for genetic transformation. Residues important for DprA-RecA interaction also were identified and mutated, establishing this interaction as equally important for transformation. Positioning of key interaction residues on the DprA structure revealed an overlap of DprA-DprA and DprA-RecA interaction surfaces. We propose a model in which RecA interaction promotes rearrangement or disruption of the DprA dimer, enabling the subsequent nucleation of RecA and its polymerization onto ssDNA.
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Recombinogenic properties of Pyrococcus furiosus strain COM1 enable rapid selection of targeted mutants. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:4669-76. [PMID: 22544252 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00936-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We recently reported the isolation of a mutant of Pyrococcus furiosus, COM1, that is naturally and efficiently competent for DNA uptake. While we do not know the exact nature of this mutation, the combined transformation and recombination frequencies of this strain allow marker replacement by direct selection using linear DNA. In testing the limits of its recombination efficiency, we discovered that marker replacement was possible with as few as 40 nucleotides of flanking homology to the target region. We utilized this ability to design a strategy for selection of constructed deletions using PCR products with subsequent excision, or "pop-out," of the selected marker. We used this method to construct a "markerless" deletion of the trpAB locus in the GLW101 (COM1 ΔpyrF) background to generate a strain (JFW02) that is a tight tryptophan auxotroph, providing a genetic background with two auxotrophic markers for further strain construction. The utility of trpAB as a selectable marker was demonstrated using prototrophic selection of plasmids and genomic DNA containing the wild-type trpAB alleles. A deletion of radB was also constructed that, surprisingly, had no obvious effect on either recombination or transformation, suggesting that its gene product is not involved in the COM1 phenotype. Attempts to construct a radA deletion mutation were unsuccessful, suggesting that this may be an essential gene. The ease and speed of this procedure will facilitate the construction of strains with multiple genetic changes and allow the construction of mutants with deletions of virtually any nonessential gene.
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Sulfolobus tokodaii RadA paralog, stRadC2, is involved in DNA recombination via interaction with RadA and Hjc. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2012; 55:261-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s11427-012-4292-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2011] [Accepted: 02/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rolfsmeier ML, Laughery MF, Haseltine CA. Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks Induced by Ionizing Radiation Damage Correlates with Upregulation of Homologous Recombination Genes in Sulfolobus solfataricus. J Mol Biol 2011; 414:485-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Revised: 10/05/2011] [Accepted: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Functional genomic and advanced genetic studies reveal novel insights into the metabolism, regulation, and biology of Haloferax volcanii. ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2011; 2011:602408. [PMID: 22190865 PMCID: PMC3235422 DOI: 10.1155/2011/602408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2011] [Revised: 07/04/2011] [Accepted: 09/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The genome sequence of Haloferax volcanii is available and several comparative genomic in silico studies were performed that yielded novel insight for example into protein export, RNA modifications, small non-coding RNAs, and ubiquitin-like Small Archaeal Modifier Proteins. The full range of functional genomic methods has been established and results from transcriptomic, proteomic and metabolomic studies are discussed. Notably, Hfx. volcanii is together with Halobacterium salinarum the only prokaryotic species for which a translatome analysis has been performed. The results revealed that the fraction of translationally-regulated genes in haloarchaea is as high as in eukaryotes. A highly efficient genetic system has been established that enables the application of libraries as well as the parallel generation of genomic deletion mutants. Facile mutant generation is complemented by the possibility to culture Hfx. volcanii in microtiter plates, allowing the phenotyping of mutant collections. Genetic approaches are currently used to study diverse biological questions–from replication to posttranslational modification—and selected results are discussed. Taken together, the wealth of functional genomic and genetic tools make Hfx. volcanii a bona fide archaeal model species, which has enabled the generation of important results in recent years and will most likely generate further breakthroughs in the future.
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De Luca G, Barakat M, Ortet P, Fochesato S, Jourlin-Castelli C, Ansaldi M, Py B, Fichant G, Coutinho PM, Voulhoux R, Bastien O, Maréchal E, Henrissat B, Quentin Y, Noirot P, Filloux A, Méjean V, DuBow MS, Barras F, Barbe V, Weissenbach J, Mihalcescu I, Verméglio A, Achouak W, Heulin T. The cyst-dividing bacterium Ramlibacter tataouinensis TTB310 genome reveals a well-stocked toolbox for adaptation to a desert environment. PLoS One 2011; 6:e23784. [PMID: 21912644 PMCID: PMC3164672 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 07/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Ramlibacter tataouinensis TTB310(T) (strain TTB310), a betaproteobacterium isolated from a semi-arid region of South Tunisia (Tataouine), is characterized by the presence of both spherical and rod-shaped cells in pure culture. Cell division of strain TTB310 occurs by the binary fission of spherical "cyst-like" cells ("cyst-cyst" division). The rod-shaped cells formed at the periphery of a colony (consisting mainly of cysts) are highly motile and colonize a new environment, where they form a new colony by reversion to cyst-like cells. This unique cell cycle of strain TTB310, with desiccation tolerant cyst-like cells capable of division and desiccation sensitive motile rods capable of dissemination, appears to be a novel adaptation for life in a hot and dry desert environment. In order to gain insights into strain TTB310's underlying genetic repertoire and possible mechanisms responsible for its unusual lifestyle, the genome of strain TTB310 was completely sequenced and subsequently annotated. The complete genome consists of a single circular chromosome of 4,070,194 bp with an average G+C content of 70.0%, the highest among the Betaproteobacteria sequenced to date, with total of 3,899 predicted coding sequences covering 92% of the genome. We found that strain TTB310 has developed a highly complex network of two-component systems, which may utilize responses to light and perhaps a rudimentary circadian hourglass to anticipate water availability at the dew time in the middle/end of the desert winter nights and thus direct the growth window to cyclic water availability times. Other interesting features of the strain TTB310 genome that appear to be important for desiccation tolerance, including intermediary metabolism compounds such as trehalose or polyhydroxyalkanoate, and signal transduction pathways, are presented and discussed.
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- Gilles De Luca
- CEA, Lab Ecol Microbienne Rhizosphere & Environm Extre, iBEB, DSV, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France.
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Dobson R, Stockdale C, Lapsley C, Wilkes J, McCulloch R. Interactions among Trypanosoma brucei RAD51 paralogues in DNA repair and antigenic variation. Mol Microbiol 2011; 81:434-56. [PMID: 21615552 PMCID: PMC3170485 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07703.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Homologous recombination in Trypanosoma brucei is used for moving variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) genes into expression sites during immune evasion by antigenic variation. A major route for such VSG switching is gene conversion reactions in which RAD51, a universally conserved recombinase, catalyses homology-directed strand exchange. In any eukaryote, RAD51-directed strand exchange in vivo is mediated by further factors, including RAD51-related proteins termed Rad51 paralogues. These appear to be ubiquitously conserved, although their detailed roles in recombination remain unclear. In T. brucei, four putative RAD51 paralogue genes have been identified by sequence homology. Here we show that all four RAD51 paralogues act in DNA repair, recombination and RAD51 subnuclear dynamics, though not equivalently, while mutation of only one RAD51 paralogue gene significantly impedes VSG switching. We also show that the T. brucei RAD51 paralogues interact, and that the complexes they form may explain the distinct phenotypes of the mutants as well as observed expression interdependency. Finally, we document the Rad51 paralogues that are encoded by a wide range of protists, demonstrating that the Rad51 paralogue repertoire in T. brucei is unusually large among microbial eukaryotes and that one member of the protein family corresponds with a key, conserved eukaryotic Rad51 paralogue.
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- Rachel Dobson
- College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Sir Graeme Davis Building, 120 University Place, Glasgow G128TA, UK
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The process of information exchange between two homologous DNA duplexes is known as homologous recombination (HR) or double-strand break repair (DSBR), depending on the context. HR is the fundamental process underlying the genome shuffling that expands genetic diversity (for example during meiosis in eukaryotes). DSBR is an essential repair pathway in all three domains of life, and plays a major role in the rescue of stalled or collapsed replication forks, a phenomenon known as recombination-dependent replication (RDR). The process of HR in the archaea is gradually being elucidated, initially from structural and biochemical studies, but increasingly using new genetic systems. The present review focuses on our current understanding of the structures, functions and interactions of archaeal HR proteins, with an emphasis on recent advances. There are still many unknown aspects of archaeal HR, most notably the mechanism of branch migration of Holliday junctions, which is also an open question in eukarya.
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Bacterial and eukaryotic systems collide in the three Rs of Methanococcus. Biochem Soc Trans 2011; 39:111-5. [DOI: 10.1042/bst0390111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Methanococcus maripaludis S2 is a methanogenic archaeon with a well-developed genetic system. Its mesophilic nature offers a simple system in which to perform complementation using bacterial and eukaryotic genes. Although information-processing systems in archaea are generally more similar to those in eukaryotes than those in bacteria, the order Methanococcales has a unique complement of DNA replication proteins, with multiple MCM (minichromosome maintenance) proteins and no obvious originbinding protein. A search for homologues of recombination and repair proteins in M. maripaludis has revealed a mixture of bacterial, eukaryotic and some archaeal-specific homologues. Some repair pathways appear to be completely absent, but it is possible that archaeal-specific proteins could carry out these functions. The replication, recombination and repair systems in M. maripaludis are an interesting mixture of eukaryotic and bacterial homologues and could provide a system for uncovering novel interactions between proteins from different domains of life.
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Cortez D, Quevillon-Cheruel S, Gribaldo S, Desnoues N, Sezonov G, Forterre P, Serre MC. Evidence for a Xer/dif system for chromosome resolution in archaea. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1001166. [PMID: 20975945 PMCID: PMC2958812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2010] [Accepted: 09/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Homologous recombination events between circular chromosomes, occurring during or after replication, can generate dimers that need to be converted to monomers prior to their segregation at cell division. In Escherichia coli, chromosome dimers are converted to monomers by two paralogous site-specific tyrosine recombinases of the Xer family (XerC/D). The Xer recombinases act at a specific dif site located in the replication termination region, assisted by the cell division protein FtsK. This chromosome resolution system has been predicted in most Bacteria and further characterized for some species. Archaea have circular chromosomes and an active homologous recombination system and should therefore resolve chromosome dimers. Most archaea harbour a single homologue of bacterial XerC/D proteins (XerA), but not of FtsK. Therefore, the role of XerA in chromosome resolution was unclear. Here, we have identified dif-like sites in archaeal genomes by using a combination of modeling and comparative genomics approaches. These sites are systematically located in replication termination regions. We validated our in silico prediction by showing that the XerA protein of Pyrococcus abyssi specifically recombines plasmids containing the predicted dif site in vitro. In contrast to the bacterial system, XerA can recombine dif sites in the absence of protein partners. Whereas Archaea and Bacteria use a completely different set of proteins for chromosome replication, our data strongly suggest that XerA is most likely used for chromosome resolution in Archaea. Bacteria with circular chromosome and active homologous recombination systems have to resolve chromosomal dimers before segregation at cell division. In Escherichia coli, the Xer site-specific recombination system, composed of two recombinases and a specific chromosomal site (dif), is involved in the correct inheritance of the chromosome. The recombination event is tightly regulated by the chromosome translocase FtsK. This chromosome resolution system has been predicted in most bacteria and further characterized for some species. Intriguingly, most archaea possess a gene coding for a recombinase homologous to bacterial Xers, but none have homologues of the bacterial FtsK. We identified the specific target sites for archaeal Xer. This site, present in one copy per chromosome, is located in the replication termination region and shows sequence similarities with bacterial dif sites. In vitro, the archaeal Xer recombines this site in the absence of protein partner. It has been shown that DNA–related proteins from Archaea and Eukarya share a common origin, whereas their analogues in Bacteria have evolved independently. In this context, Eukarya and Archaea would represent sister groups. Therefore, the presence of a shared Xer-dif system between Bacteria and Archaea illustrates the complex origin of modern DNA genomes.
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- Diego Cortez
- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biochimie et de Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR8619-CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, IFR115, Orsay, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, Paris, France
- Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Biologie Moléculaire du Gène chez les Extrêmophiles, Paris, France
- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud 11, UMR8621-CNRS, IFR115, Orsay, France
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud 11, UMR8621-CNRS, IFR115, Orsay, France
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Repair of DNA double-strand breaks following UV damage in three Sulfolobus solfataricus strains. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:4954-62. [PMID: 20675475 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00667-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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DNA damage repair mechanisms have been most thoroughly explored in the eubacterial and eukaryotic branches of life. The methods by which members of the archaeal branch repair DNA are significantly less well understood but have been gaining increasing attention. In particular, the approaches employed by hyperthermophilic archaea have been a general source of interest, since these organisms thrive under conditions that likely lead to constant chromosomal damage. In this work we have characterized the responses of three Sulfolobus solfataricus strains to UV-C irradiation, which often results in double-strand break formation. We examined S. solfataricus strain P2 obtained from two different sources and S. solfataricus strain 98/2, a popular strain for site-directed mutation by homologous recombination. Cellular recovery, as determined by survival curves and the ability to return to growth after irradiation, was found to be strain specific and differed depending on the dose applied. Chromosomal damage was directly visualized using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and demonstrated repair rate variations among the strains following UV-C irradiation-induced double-strand breaks. Several genes involved in double-strand break repair were found to be significantly upregulated after UV-C irradiation. Transcript abundance levels and temporal expression patterns for double-strand break repair genes were also distinct for each strain, indicating that these Sulfolobus solfataricus strains have differential responses to UV-C-induced DNA double-strand break damage.
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Williams TJ, Burg DW, Raftery MJ, Poljak A, Guilhaus M, Pilak O, Cavicchioli R. Global proteomic analysis of the insoluble, soluble, and supernatant fractions of the psychrophilic archaeon Methanococcoides burtonii. Part I: the effect of growth temperature. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:640-52. [PMID: 20039705 DOI: 10.1021/pr900509n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The response of the cold-adapted (psychrophilic) methanogenic archaeon Methanococcoides burtonii to growth temperature was investigated using differential proteomics (postincorporation isobaric labeling) and tandem liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/LC-MS/MS). This is the first proteomic study of M. burtonii to include techniques that specifically enrich for both surface and membrane proteins and to assess the effects of growth temperature (4 vs 23 degrees C) and carbon source (trimethylamine vs methanol) on cellular protein levels. Numerous surface layer proteins were more abundant at 4 degrees C, indicating an extensive remodeling of the cell envelope in response to low temperature. Many of these surface proteins contain domains associated with cell adhesion. Within the cell, small proteins each composed of a single TRAM domain were recovered as important cold adaptation proteins and might serve as RNA chaperones, in an analogous manner to Csp proteins (absent from M. burtonii). Other proteins that had higher abundances at 4 degrees C can be similarly tied to relieving or resolving the adverse affects of cold growth temperature on translational capacity and correct protein folding. The proteome of M. burtonii grown at 23 degrees C was dominated by oxidative stress proteins, as well as a large number of integral membrane proteins of unknown function. This is the first truly global proteomic study of a psychrophilic archaeon and greatly expands knowledge of the cellular mechanisms underpinning cold adaptation in the Archaea.
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- Timothy J Williams
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, NSW, Australia
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Hartman AL, Norais C, Badger JH, Delmas S, Haldenby S, Madupu R, Robinson J, Khouri H, Ren Q, Lowe TM, Maupin-Furlow J, Pohlschroder M, Daniels C, Pfeiffer F, Allers T, Eisen JA. The complete genome sequence of Haloferax volcanii DS2, a model archaeon. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9605. [PMID: 20333302 PMCID: PMC2841640 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 199] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Haloferax volcanii is an easily culturable moderate halophile that grows on simple defined media, is readily transformable, and has a relatively stable genome. This, in combination with its biochemical and genetic tractability, has made Hfx. volcanii a key model organism, not only for the study of halophilicity, but also for archaeal biology in general. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We report here the sequencing and analysis of the genome of Hfx. volcanii DS2, the type strain of this species. The genome contains a main 2.848 Mb chromosome, three smaller chromosomes pHV1, 3, 4 (85, 438, 636 kb, respectively) and the pHV2 plasmid (6.4 kb). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE The completed genome sequence, presented here, provides an invaluable tool for further in vivo and in vitro studies of Hfx. volcanii.
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- Amber L. Hartman
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, Paris, France
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- The Institute for Genomic Research (J. Craig Venter Institute), Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Improved strains and plasmid vectors for conditional overexpression of His-tagged proteins in Haloferax volcanii. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:1759-69. [PMID: 20097827 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02670-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Research into archaea will not achieve its full potential until systems are in place to carry out genetics and biochemistry in the same species. Haloferax volcanii is widely regarded as the best-equipped organism for archaeal genetics, but the development of tools for the expression and purification of H. volcanii proteins has been neglected. We have developed a series of plasmid vectors and host strains for conditional overexpression of halophilic proteins in H. volcanii. The plasmids feature the tryptophan-inducible p.tnaA promoter and a 6xHis tag for protein purification by metal affinity chromatography. Purification is facilitated by host strains, where pitA is replaced by the ortholog from Natronomonas pharaonis. The latter lacks the histidine-rich linker region found in H. volcanii PitA and does not copurify with His-tagged recombinant proteins. We also deleted the mrr restriction endonuclease gene, thereby allowing direct transformation without the need to passage DNA through an Escherichia coli dam mutant.
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McRobbie AM, Carter LG, Kerou M, Liu H, McMahon SA, Johnson KA, Oke M, Naismith JH, White MF. Structural and functional characterisation of a conserved archaeal RadA paralog with antirecombinase activity. J Mol Biol 2009; 389:661-73. [PMID: 19414020 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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DNA recombinases (RecA in bacteria, Rad51 in eukarya and RadA in archaea) catalyse strand exchange between homologous DNA molecules, the central reaction of homologous recombination, and are among the most conserved DNA repair proteins known. RecA is the sole protein responsible for this reaction in bacteria, whereas there are several Rad51 paralogs that cooperate to catalyse strand exchange in eukaryotes. All archaea have at least one (and as many as four) RadA paralog, but their function remains unclear. Herein, we show that the three RadA paralogs encoded by the Sulfolobus solfataricus genome are expressed under normal growth conditions and are not UV inducible. We demonstrate that one of these proteins, Sso2452, which is representative of the large archaeal RadC subfamily of archaeal RadA paralogs, functions as an ATPase that binds tightly to single-stranded DNA. However, Sso2452 is not an active recombinase in vitro and inhibits D-loop formation by RadA. We present the high-resolution crystal structure of Sso2452, which reveals key structural differences from the canonical RecA family recombinases that may explain its functional properties. The possible roles of the archaeal RadA paralogs in vivo are discussed.
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- Anne-Marie McRobbie
- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK
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