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Alphey MS, Wolford CB, MacNeill SA. Canonical binding of Chaetomium thermophilum DNA polymerase δ/ζ subunit PolD3 and flap endonuclease Fen1 to PCNA. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1320648. [PMID: 38223238 PMCID: PMC10787639 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1320648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/16/2024] Open
Abstract
The sliding clamp PCNA is a key player in eukaryotic genome replication and stability, acting as a platform onto which components of the DNA replication and repair machinery are assembled. Interactions with PCNA are frequently mediated via a short protein sequence motif known as the PCNA-interacting protein (PIP) motif. Here we describe the binding mode of a PIP motif peptide derived from C-terminus of the PolD3 protein from the thermophilic ascomycete fungus C. thermophilum, a subunit of both DNA polymerase δ (Pol δ) and the translesion DNA synthesis polymerase Pol ζ, characterised by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and protein X-ray crystallography. In sharp contrast to the previously determined structure of a Chaetomium thermophilum PolD4 peptide bound to PCNA, binding of the PolD3 peptide is strictly canonical, with the peptide adopting the anticipated 310 helix structure, conserved Gln441 inserting into the so-called Q-pocket on PCNA, and Ile444 and Phe448 forming a two-fork plug that inserts into the hydrophobic surface pocket on PCNA. The binding affinity for the canonical PolD3 PIP-PCNA interaction determined by ITC is broadly similar to that previously determined for the non-canonical PolD4 PIP-PCNA interaction. In addition, we report the structure of a PIP peptide derived from the C. thermophilum Fen1 nuclease bound to PCNA. Like PolD3, Fen1 PIP peptide binding to PCNA is achieved by strictly canonical means. Taken together, these results add to an increasing body of information on how different proteins bind to PCNA, both within and across species.
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- Magnus S Alphey
- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, United Kingdom
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Yang D, Alphey MS, MacNeill SA. Non-canonical binding of the Chaetomium thermophilum PolD4 N-terminal PIP motif to PCNA involves Q-pocket and compact 2-fork plug interactions but no 3 10 helix. FEBS J 2023; 290:162-175. [PMID: 35942639 PMCID: PMC10087552 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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DNA polymerase δ (Pol δ) is a key enzyme for the maintenance of genome integrity in eukaryotic cells, acting in concert with the sliding clamp processivity factor PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen). Three of the four subunits of human Pol δ interact directly with the PCNA homotrimer via a short, conserved protein sequence known as a PCNA interacting protein (PIP) motif. Here, we describe the identification of a PIP motif located towards the N terminus of the PolD4 subunit of Pol δ (equivalent to human p12) from the thermophilic filamentous fungus Chaetomium thermophilum and present the X-ray crystal structure of the corresponding peptide bound to PCNA at 2.45 Å. Like human p12, the fungal PolD4 PIP motif displays non-canonical binding to PCNA. However, the structures of the human p12 and fungal PolD4 PIP motif peptides are quite distinct, with the fungal PolD4 PIP motif lacking the 310 helical segment that characterises most previously identified PIP motifs. Instead, the fungal PolD4 PIP motif binds PCNA via conserved glutamine that inserts into the Q-pocket on the surface of PCNA and with conserved leucine and phenylalanine sidechains forming a compact 2-fork plug that inserts into the hydrophobic pocket on PCNA. Despite the unusual binding mode of the fungal PolD4, isothermal calorimetry (ITC) measurements show that its affinity for PCNA is similar to that of its human orthologue. These observations add to a growing body of information on how diverse proteins interact with PCNA and highlight how binding modes can vary significantly between orthologous PCNA partner proteins.
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- Dongxiao Yang
- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, UK
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Prestel A, Wichmann N, Martins JM, Marabini R, Kassem N, Broendum SS, Otterlei M, Nielsen O, Willemoës M, Ploug M, Boomsma W, Kragelund BB. The PCNA interaction motifs revisited: thinking outside the PIP-box. Cell Mol Life Sci 2019; 76:4923-4943. [PMID: 31134302 PMCID: PMC6881253 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03150-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a cellular hub in DNA metabolism and a potential drug target. Its binding partners carry a short linear motif (SLiM) known as the PCNA-interacting protein-box (PIP-box), but sequence-divergent motifs have been reported to bind to the same binding pocket. To investigate how PCNA accommodates motif diversity, we assembled a set of 77 experimentally confirmed PCNA-binding proteins and analyzed features underlying their binding affinity. Combining NMR spectroscopy, affinity measurements and computational analyses, we corroborate that most PCNA-binding motifs reside in intrinsically disordered regions, that structure preformation is unrelated to affinity, and that the sequence-patterns that encode binding affinity extend substantially beyond the boundaries of the PIP-box. Our systematic multidisciplinary approach expands current views on PCNA interactions and reveals that the PIP-box affinity can be modulated over four orders of magnitude by positive charges in the flanking regions. Including the flanking regions as part of the motif is expected to have broad implications, particularly for interpretation of disease-causing mutations and drug-design, targeting DNA-replication and -repair.
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- Andreas Prestel
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 1, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
- Finsen Laboratory, Biotechnology Research Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 1, 2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark.
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, 2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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The roles of fission yeast exonuclease 5 in nuclear and mitochondrial genome stability. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 83:102720. [PMID: 31563844 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Exo5 family consists of bi-directional, single-stranded DNA-specific exonucleases that contain an iron-sulfur cluster as a structural motif and have multiple roles in DNA metabolism. S. cerevisiae Exo5 is essential for mitochondrial genome maintenance, while the human ortholog is important for nuclear genome stability and DNA repair. Here, we identify the Exo5 ortholog in Schizosaccharomyes pombe (spExo5). The activity of spExo5 is highly similar to that of the human enzyme. When the single-stranded DNA is coated with single-stranded DNA binding protein RPA, spExo5 become a 5'-specific exonuclease. Exo5Δ mutants are sensitive to various DNA damaging agents, particularly interstrand crosslinking agents. An epistasis analysis places exo5+ in the Fanconi pathway for interstrand crosslink repair. Exo5+ is in a redundant pathway with rad2+, which encodes the flap endonuclease FEN1, for mitochondrial genome maintenance. Deletion of both genes lead to severe depletion of the mitochondrial genome, and defects in respiration, indicating that either spExo5 or spFEN1 is necessary for mitochondrial DNA metabolism.
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Ji J, Tang X, Hu W, Maggert KA, Rong YS. The processivity factor Pol32 mediates nuclear localization of DNA polymerase delta and prevents chromosomal fragile site formation in Drosophila development. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008169. [PMID: 31100062 PMCID: PMC6542543 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 01/06/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The Pol32 protein is one of the universal subunits of DNA polymerase δ (Pol δ), which is responsible for genome replication in eukaryotic cells. Although the role of Pol32 in DNA repair has been well-characterized, its exact function in genome replication remains obscure as studies in single cell systems have not established an essential role for Pol32 in the process. Here we characterize Pol32 in the context of Drosophila melanogaster development. In the rapidly dividing embryonic cells, loss of Pol32 halts genome replication as it specifically disrupts Pol δ localization to the nucleus. This function of Pol32 in facilitating the nuclear import of Pol δ would be similar to that of accessory subunits of DNA polymerases from mammalian Herpes viruses. In post-embryonic cells, loss of Pol32 reveals mitotic fragile sites in the Drosophila genome, a defect more consistent with Pol32’s role as a polymerase processivity factor. Interestingly, these fragile sites do not favor repetitive sequences in heterochromatin, with the rDNA locus being a striking exception. Our study uncovers a possibly universal function for DNA polymerase ancillary factors and establishes a powerful system for the study of chromosomal fragile sites in a non-mammalian organism. Cancer etiological studies suggest that the majority of pathological mutations occurred under near normal DNA replication conditions, emphasizing the importance of understanding replication regulation under non-lethal conditions. To gain such a better understanding, we investigated the function of Pol32, a conserved ancillary subunit of the essential DNA polymerase Delta complex, through the development of the fruit fly Drosophila. We uncovered a previously unappreciated function of Pol32 in regulating the nuclear import of the polymerase complex, and this function is developmentally regulated. By utilizing mutations in pol32 and other replication factors, we have started to define basic features of Chromosome Fragile Sites (CFS) in Drosophila somatic cells. CFS is a major source of genome instability associated with replication stresses, and has been an important topic of cancer biology. We discovered that CFS formation does not favor genomic regions with repetitive sequences except the highly transcribed locus encoding ribosomal RNA. Our work lays the groundwork for future studies using Drosophila as an alternative system to uncover the most fundamental features of CFS.
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- Jingyun Ji
- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Lee CH, Lee M, Kang HJ, Kim DH, Kang YH, Bae SH, Seo YS. The N-terminal 45-kDa domain of Dna2 endonuclease/helicase targets the enzyme to secondary structure DNA. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:9468-81. [PMID: 23344960 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.418715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The removal of initiating primers from the 5'-ends of each Okazaki fragment, required for the generation of contiguous daughter strands, can be catalyzed by the combined action of DNA polymerase δ and Fen1. When the flaps generated by displacement of DNA synthesis activity of polymerase δ become long enough to bind replication protein A or form hairpin structures, the helicase/endonuclease enzyme, Dna2, becomes critical because of its ability to remove replication protein A-coated or secondary structure flaps. In this study, we show that the N-terminal 45-kDa domain of Dna2 binds hairpin structures, allowing the enzyme to target secondary structure flap DNA. We found that this activity was essential for the efficient removal of hairpin flaps by the endonuclease activity of Dna2 with the aid of its helicase activity. Thus, the efficient removal of hairpin structure flaps requires the coordinated action of all three functional domains of Dna2. We also found that deletion of the N-terminal 45-kDa domain of Dna2 led to a partial loss of the intra-S-phase checkpoint function and an increased rate of homologous recombination in yeast. We discuss the potential roles of the N-terminal domain of Dna2 in the maintenance of genomic stability.
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- Chul-Hwan Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
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Makarova AV, Stodola JL, Burgers PM. A four-subunit DNA polymerase ζ complex containing Pol δ accessory subunits is essential for PCNA-mediated mutagenesis. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:11618-26. [PMID: 23066099 PMCID: PMC3526297 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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DNA polymerase ζ (Pol ζ) plays a key role in DNA translesion synthesis (TLS) and mutagenesis in eukaryotes. Previously, a two-subunit Rev3-Rev7 complex had been identified as the minimal assembly required for catalytic activity in vitro. Herein, we show that Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pol ζ binds to the Pol31 and Pol32 subunits of Pol δ, forming a four-subunit Pol ζ(4) complex (Rev3-Rev7-Pol31-Pol32). A [4Fe-4S] cluster in Rev3 is essential for the formation of Pol ζ(4) and damage-induced mutagenesis. Pol32 is indispensible for complex formation, providing an explanation for the long-standing observation that pol32Δ strains are defective for mutagenesis. The Pol31 and Pol32 subunits are also required for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-dependent TLS by Pol ζ as Pol ζ(2) lacks functional interactions with PCNA. Mutation of the C-terminal PCNA-interaction motif in Pol32 attenuates PCNA-dependent TLS in vitro and mutagenesis in vivo. Furthermore, a mutant form of PCNA, encoded by the mutagenesis-defective pol30-113 mutant, fails to stimulate Pol ζ(4) activity, providing an explanation for the observed mutagenesis phenotype. A stable Pol ζ(4) complex can be identified in all phases of the cell cycle suggesting that this complex is not regulated at the level of protein interactions between Rev3-Rev7 and Pol31-Pol32.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 314 362 3872; Fax: +1 314 362 7183l;
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Zhou BR, Liu WL, Luo D. Protective effect of baicalin against multiple ultraviolet B exposure-mediated injuries in C57BL/6 mouse skin. Arch Pharm Res 2011; 34:261-8. [PMID: 21380810 DOI: 10.1007/s12272-011-0212-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2010] [Revised: 08/01/2010] [Accepted: 08/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Multiple exposures to solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation cause critical damage to skin that may lead to the development of several cutaneous disorders including skin cancer. Protection against sun-induced damage is therefore a highly desirable goal. Chemoprevention via plant-based agents may be a useful approach for the prevention? of UV-induced neoplasia. In this study, we assessed (1) whether baicalin protected against multiple UVB exposure-mediated damage in skin of C57BL/6 mice and (2) the underlying mechanisms. C57BL/6 mice were topically pretreated with baicalin (1 mg/cm(2) skin area/mouse/100 μL acetone) and were exposed to UVB 30 min later (180 mJ/cm(2), on alternate days × 10 exposures). The animals were sacrificed 24 h after the last UVB exposure. Skin edema, histopathology changes, Ki-67, PCNA, and COX-2 were assessed to determine UVB induced damage. Multiple exposures of C57BL/6 mice to UVB resulted in an increase in skin edema and hyperplasia. Topical application of baicalin prior to UVB radiation resulted in a significant inhibition of Ki-67, PCNA and COX-2 expression. These protective effects of baicalin may also inhibit UVB-induced skin carcinogenesis. Based on this data, we suggest that baicalin could be developed as an agent for the management of conditions elicited by multiple UV exposures, including skin cancer.
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- Bing-rong Zhou
- Department of Dermatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Yunus AA, Lima CD. Structure of the Siz/PIAS SUMO E3 ligase Siz1 and determinants required for SUMO modification of PCNA. Mol Cell 2009; 35:669-82. [PMID: 19748360 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2009] [Revised: 05/27/2009] [Accepted: 07/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Siz1 is a founding member of the Siz/PIAS RING family of SUMO E3 ligases. The X-ray structure of an active Siz1 ligase revealed an elongated tripartite architecture comprised of an N-terminal PINIT domain, a central zinc-containing RING-like SP-RING domain, and a C-terminal domain we term the SP-CTD. Structure-based mutational analysis and biochemical studies show that the SP-RING and SP-CTD are required for activation of the E2 approximately SUMO thioester, while the PINIT domain is essential for redirecting SUMO conjugation to the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) at lysine 164, a nonconsensus lysine residue that is not modified by the SUMO E2 in the absence of Siz1. Mutational analysis of Siz1 and PCNA revealed surfaces on both proteins that are required for efficient SUMO modification of PCNA in vitro and in vivo.
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- Ali A Yunus
- Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Sanchez Garcia J, Baranovskiy AG, Knatko EV, Gray FC, Tahirov TH, MacNeill SA. Functional mapping of the fission yeast DNA polymerase delta B-subunit Cdc1 by site-directed and random pentapeptide insertion mutagenesis. BMC Mol Biol 2009; 10:82. [PMID: 19686603 PMCID: PMC2734569 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2009] [Accepted: 08/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background DNA polymerase δ plays an essential role in chromosomal DNA replication in eukaryotic cells, being responsible for synthesising the bulk of the lagging strand. In fission yeast, Pol δ is a heterotetrameric enzyme comprising four evolutionarily well-conserved proteins: the catalytic subunit Pol3 and three smaller subunits Cdc1, Cdc27 and Cdm1. Pol3 binds directly to the B-subunit, Cdc1, which in turn binds the C-subunit, Cdc27. Human Pol δ comprises the same four subunits, and the crystal structure was recently reported of a complex of human p50 and the N-terminal domain of p66, the human orthologues of Cdc1 and Cdc27, respectively. Results To gain insights into the structure and function of Cdc1, random and directed mutagenesis techniques were used to create a collection of thirty alleles encoding mutant Cdc1 proteins. Each allele was tested for function in fission yeast and for binding of the altered protein to Pol3 and Cdc27 using the two-hybrid system. Additionally, the locations of the amino acid changes in each protein were mapped onto the three-dimensional structure of human p50. The results obtained from these studies identify amino acid residues and regions within the Cdc1 protein that are essential for interaction with Pol3 and Cdc27 and for in vivo function. Mutations specifically defective in Pol3-Cdc1 interactions allow the identification of a possible Pol3 binding surface on Cdc1. Conclusion In the absence of a three-dimensional structure of the entire Pol δ complex, the results of this study highlight regions in Cdc1 that are vital for protein function in vivo and provide valuable clues to possible protein-protein interaction surfaces on the Cdc1 protein that will be important targets for further study.
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- Javier Sanchez Garcia
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JR, UK.
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rtf2 mediates site-specific replication termination by inhibiting replication restart. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:7927-32. [PMID: 19416828 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812323106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Here, we identify a phylogenetically conserved Schizosaccharomyces pombe factor, named Rtf2, as a key requirement for efficient replication termination at the site-specific replication barrier RTS1. We show that Rtf2, a proliferating cell nuclear antigen-interacting protein, promotes termination at RTS1 by preventing replication restart; in the absence of Rtf2, we observe the establishment of "slow-moving" Srs2-dependent replication forks. Analysis of the pmt3 (SUMO) and rtf2 mutants establishes that pmt3 causes a reduction in RTS1 barrier activity, that rtf2 and pmt3 are nonadditive, and that pmt3 (SUMO) partly suppresses the rtf2-dependent replication restart. Our results are consistent with a model in which Rtf2 stabilizes the replication fork stalled at RTS1 until completion of DNA synthesis by a converging replication fork initiated at a flanking origin.
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Yin L, Locovei AM, D'Urso G. Activation of the DNA damage checkpoint in mutants defective in DNA replication initiation. Mol Biol Cell 2008; 19:4374-82. [PMID: 18667534 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-01-0020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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In the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, blocks to DNA replication elongation trigger the intra-S phase checkpoint that leads to the activation of the Cds1 kinase. Cds1 is required to both prevent premature entry into mitosis and to stabilize paused replication forks. Interestingly, although Cds1 is essential to maintain the viability of mutants defective in DNA replication elongation, mutants defective in DNA replication initiation require the Chk1 kinase. This suggests that defects in DNA replication initiation can lead to activation of the DNA damage checkpoint independent of the intra-S phase checkpoint. This might result from reduced origin firing that leads to an increase in replication fork stalling or replication fork collapse that activates the G2 DNA damage checkpoint. We refer to the Chk1-dependent, Cds1-independent phenotype as the rid phenotype (for replication initiation defective). Chk1 is active in rid mutants, and rid mutant viability is dependent on the DNA damage checkpoint, and surprisingly Mrc1, a protein required for activation of Cds1. Mutations in Mrc1 that prevent activation of Cds1 have no effect on its ability to support rid mutant viability, suggesting that Mrc1 has a checkpoint-independent role in maintaining the viability of mutants defective in DNA replication initiation.
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- Ling Yin
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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Masuda Y, Suzuki M, Piao J, Gu Y, Tsurimoto T, Kamiya K. Dynamics of human replication factors in the elongation phase of DNA replication. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:6904-16. [PMID: 17932049 PMCID: PMC2175312 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In eukaryotic cells, DNA replication is carried out by coordinated actions of many proteins, including DNA polymerase δ (pol δ), replication factor C (RFC), proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and replication protein A. Here we describe dynamic properties of these proteins in the elongation step on a single-stranded M13 template, providing evidence that pol δ has a distributive nature over the 7 kb of the M13 template, repeating a frequent dissociation–association cycle at growing 3′-hydroxyl ends. Some PCNA could remain at the primer terminus during this cycle, while the remainder slides out of the primer terminus or is unloaded once pol δ has dissociated. RFC remains around the primer terminus through the elongation phase, and could probably hold PCNA from which pol δ has detached, or reload PCNA from solution to restart DNA synthesis. Furthermore, we suggest that a subunit of pol δ, POLD3, plays a crucial role in the efficient recycling of PCNA during dissociation–association cycles of pol δ. Based on these observations, we propose a model for dynamic processes in elongation complexes.
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- Yuji Masuda
- Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.
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Liu G, Warbrick E. The p66 and p12 subunits of DNA polymerase δ are modified by ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 349:360-6. [PMID: 16934752 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2006] [Accepted: 08/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Modification by ubiquitin-like proteins is now known to be important for the functions of many proteins involved in DNA replication and repair. We have investigated the modification of human DNA polymerase delta by ubiquitin and SUMO proteins. We find that while the p125 and p50 subunits were not modified, the p12 subunit is ubiquitinated and the p66 subunit can be modified by ubiquitin and SUMO3. We show that levels of p12 are regulated by the proteasome, either directly or indirectly, through a mechanism that is not dependent upon p12 ubiquitination. We have mapped two sites of SUMO3-specific modification on the p66 subunit. SUMOylation by SUMO3 but not SUMO2 is unusual: their level of homology is so high that they are normally classified as variants of the same protein. However, our findings show that these two proteins can be distinguished in vivo and may have specific functions.
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- Geng Liu
- Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, UK
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Nadeem FK, Blair D, McInerny CJ. Pol5p, a novel binding partner to Cdc10p in fission yeast involved in rRNA production. Mol Genet Genomics 2006; 276:391-401. [PMID: 16816948 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0144-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2006] [Accepted: 06/08/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Cdc10p is a major component of the cell cycle transcription factor complex MBF that controls G1-S phase specific gene expression in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Here, we describe the identification of a new binding partner to Cdc10p and Pol5p. Pol5p was discovered through a 2-hybrid screen, with the direct interaction confirmed by in vitro "pull-down" experiments with bacterially expressed proteins. Pol5p appears to have no role in cell cycle gene expression, but is instead required for rRNA production. Pol5p is an essential gene, expressed constitutively throughout both the mitotic and meiotic life cycles, and localises to the nucleus. Over-expressing Pol5p has no phenotype, but reducing levels of Pol5p inhibits rRNA production. Pol5p is shown to bind to rDNA promoter fragments. Potentially, we have identified a mechanism by which Cdc10p controls rDNA gene expression, therefore linking the cell cycle with cellular growth.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
- Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/metabolism
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Genes, Fungal
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phenotype
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- RNA, Fungal/biosynthesis
- RNA, Ribosomal/biosynthesis
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Schizosaccharomyces/cytology
- Schizosaccharomyces/genetics
- Schizosaccharomyces/metabolism
- Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins/genetics
- Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins/metabolism
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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- Farzana Khaliq Nadeem
- Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
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Warbrick E. A functional analysis of PCNA-binding peptides derived from protein sequence, interaction screening and rational design. Oncogene 2006; 25:2850-9. [PMID: 16407840 PMCID: PMC2699888 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) has no intrinsic enzymatic function, but functions as a sliding platform to mediate protein interactions with the DNA strand. Many proteins interact with PCNA through a small conserved motif with consensus QxxLxxFF. This work uses Schizosaccharomyces pombe and human cells to analyse the function of PCNA-binding peptides. Interacting peptides were identified using two-hybrid screening; one (pep102) binds directly to a physiologically relevant site on PCNA. The EGFP-pep102 overexpression phenotype is consistent with competitive blocking of PCNA-protein interactions. Various PCNA-binding peptides were all shown to inhibit PCNA function by competitive binding in both human and S. pombe cells as EGFP fusion proteins. The action of a p21(WAF1/Cip1)-derived peptide was complicated by the presence of additional functional domains and possible post-translational modification. The activity of pep102 was hampered by low expression in both model systems. The peptide derived from rational design (con1) was stable, highly active in inhibiting PCNA function both S. pombe and human cells and showed a high affinity for PCNA both in vitro and in vivo. These results validate the use of functional screening in yeast to identify peptide aptamers that are functional in mammalian cells; such aptamers provide excellent leads for small molecule antiproliferative therapies.
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- E Warbrick
- Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, UK.
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Li H, Xie B, Zhou Y, Rahmeh A, Trusa S, Zhang S, Gao Y, Lee EYC, Lee MYWT. Functional roles of p12, the fourth subunit of human DNA polymerase delta. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:14748-55. [PMID: 16510448 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m600322200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mammalian DNA polymerase delta (pol delta), a key enzyme of chromosomal DNA replication, consists of four subunits as follows: the catalytic subunit; p125, which is tightly associated with the p50 subunit; p68, a proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-binding protein; and a fourth subunit, p12. In this study, the functional roles of the p12 subunit of pol delta were studied. The inter-subunit interactions of the p12 subunit were determined by yeast two-hybrid assays and by pulldown assays. These assays revealed that p12 interacts with p125 as well as p50. This dual interaction of p12 suggests that it may serve to stabilize the p125-p50 interaction. p12 was shown to be a novel PCNA-binding protein. This was confirmed by identification of a PCNA-binding motif at its N terminus by binding assays and by site-directed mutagenesis. The activities and reaction products of recombinant pol delta containing a p12 mutant defective in PCNA binding, as well as purified recombinant pol delta and its subassemblies, were analyzed. Our results indicate that p12 contributes to PCNA-dependent pol delta activity, i.e. the p12-PCNA interaction is functional. Our data indicate that both p12 and p68 are required for optimal pol delta activity. This supports the hypothesis that the interaction between pol delta and PCNA is a divalent one that involves p12 and p68. We propose a model in which pol delta interacts with PCNA via at least two of its subunits, and one in which p12 could play a role in stabilizing the overall pol delta-PCNA complex as well as pol delta itself.
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- Hao Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
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DNA replicases are multicomponent machines that have evolved clever strategies to perform their function. Although the structure of DNA is elegant in its simplicity, the job of duplicating it is far from simple. At the heart of the replicase machinery is a heteropentameric AAA+ clamp-loading machine that couples ATP hydrolysis to load circular clamp proteins onto DNA. The clamps encircle DNA and hold polymerases to the template for processive action. Clamp-loader and sliding clamp structures have been solved in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. The heteropentameric clamp loaders are circular oligomers, reflecting the circular shape of their respective clamp substrates. Clamps and clamp loaders also function in other DNA metabolic processes, including repair, checkpoint mechanisms, and cell cycle progression. Twin polymerases and clamps coordinate their actions with a clamp loader and yet other proteins to form a replisome machine that advances the replication fork.
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- Aaron Johnson
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York City, New York 10021-6399, USA.
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Pohler JRG, Otterlei M, Warbrick E. An in vivo analysis of the localisation and interactions of human p66 DNA polymerase delta subunit. BMC Mol Biol 2005; 6:17. [PMID: 16000169 PMCID: PMC1187890 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-6-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2005] [Accepted: 07/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND DNA polymerase delta is essential for eukaryotic DNA replication and also plays a role in DNA repair. The processivity of this polymerase complex is dependent upon its interaction with the sliding clamp PCNA and the polymerase-PCNA interaction is largely mediated through the p66 polymerase subunit. We have analysed the interactions of the human p66 DNA polymerase delta subunit with PCNA and with components of the DNA polymerase delta complex in vivo. RESULTS Using the two-hybrid system, we have mapped the interaction domains for binding to the p50 polymerase delta subunit and with PCNA to the N-terminus and the C-terminus of p66, respectively. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments confirm that these interaction domains are functional in vivo. Expression of EGFP-p66 shows that it is a nuclear protein which co-localises with PCNA throughout the cell cycle. p66 is localised to sites of DNA replication during S phase and to repair foci following DNA damage. We have identified a functional nuclear localisation sequence and shown that localisation to replication foci is not dependent upon active nuclear import. Sub-domains of p66 act as dominant negative suppressors of colony formation, suggesting that p66 forms an essential structural link between the p50 subunit and PCNA. Analysis of the C-terminal PCNA binding motif shows that deletion of the QVSITGFF core motif results in a reduced affinity for PCNA, while deletion of a further 20 amino acids completely abolishes the interaction. A reduced affinity for PCNA correlates with reduced targeting to replication foci. We have confirmed the p66-PCNA interaction in vivo using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) techniques. CONCLUSION We have defined the regions of p66 required for its interaction with PCNA and the p50 polymerase subunit. We demonstrate a functional link between PCNA interaction and localisation to replication foci and show that there is a direct interaction between p66 and PCNA in living cells during DNA replication. The dominant negative effect upon growth resulting from expression of p66 sub-domains confirms that the p66-PCNA interaction is essential in vivo.
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- J Richard G Pohler
- Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, The Faculty of Medicine, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7489 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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Haracska L, Acharya N, Unk I, Johnson RE, Hurwitz J, Prakash L, Prakash S. A single domain in human DNA polymerase iota mediates interaction with PCNA: implications for translesion DNA synthesis. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:1183-90. [PMID: 15657443 PMCID: PMC544020 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.3.1183-1190.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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DNA polymerases (Pols) of the Y family rescue stalled replication forks by promoting replication through DNA lesions. Humans have four Y family Pols, eta, iota, kappa, and Rev1, of which Pols eta, iota, and kappa have been shown to physically interact with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and be functionally stimulated by it. However, in sharp contrast to the large increase in processivity that PCNA binding imparts to the replicative Pol, Poldelta, the processivity of Y family Pols is not enhanced upon PCNA binding. Instead, PCNA binding improves the efficiency of nucleotide incorporation via a reduction in the apparent K(m) for the nucleotide. Here we show that Poliota interacts with PCNA via only one of its conserved PCNA binding motifs, regardless of whether PCNA is bound to DNA or not. The mode of PCNA binding by Poliota is quite unlike that in Poldelta, where multisite interactions with PCNA provide for a very tight binding of the replicating Pol with PCNA. We discuss the implications of these observations for the accuracy of DNA synthesis during translesion synthesis and for the process of Pol exchange at the lesion site.
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- Lajos Haracska
- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, 6.104 Medical Research Building, 11th and Mechanic Streets, Galveston, TX 77555-1061, USA
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Gray FC, Pohler JRG, Warbrick E, MacNeill SA. Mapping and mutation of the conserved DNA polymerase interaction motif (DPIM) located in the C-terminal domain of fission yeast DNA polymerase delta subunit Cdc27. BMC Mol Biol 2004; 5:21. [PMID: 15579205 PMCID: PMC545490 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-5-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2004] [Accepted: 12/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background DNA polymerases α and δ play essential roles in the replication of chromosomal DNA in eukaryotic cells. DNA polymerase α (Pol α)-primase is required to prime synthesis of the leading strand and each Okazaki fragment on the lagging strand, whereas DNA polymerase δ (Pol δ) is required for the elongation stages of replication, a function it appears capable of performing on both leading and lagging strands, at least in the absence of DNA polymerase ε (Pol ε). Results Here it is shown that the catalytic subunit of Pol α, Pol1, interacts with Cdc27, one of three non-catalytic subunits of fission yeast Pol δ, both in vivo and in vitro. Pol1 interacts with the C-terminal domain of Cdc27, at a site distinct from the previously identified binding sites for Cdc1 and PCNA. Comparative protein sequence analysis identifies a protein sequence motif, called the DNA polymerase interaction motif (DPIM), in Cdc27 orthologues from a wide variety of eukaryotic species, including mammals. Mutational analysis shows that the DPIM in fission yeast Cdc27 is not required for effective DNA replication, repair or checkpoint function. Conclusions The absence of any detectable phenotypic consequences arising from mutation of the DPIM suggests that despite its evolutionary conservation, the interaction between the two polymerases mediated by this motif is a non-essential one.
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- Fiona C Gray
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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- Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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Tanaka H, Ryu GH, Seo YS, MacNeill SA. Genetics of lagging strand DNA synthesis and maturation in fission yeast: suppression analysis links the Dna2-Cdc24 complex to DNA polymerase delta. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:6367-77. [PMID: 15576681 PMCID: PMC535672 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2004] [Revised: 11/08/2004] [Accepted: 11/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The Cdc24 protein is essential for the completion of chromosomal DNA replication in fission yeast. Although its precise role in this process is unclear, Cdc24 forms a complex with Dna2, a conserved endonuclease-helicase implicated in the removal of the RNA-DNA primer during Okazaki fragment processing. To gain further insights into Cdc24-Dna2 function, we screened for chromosomal suppressors of the temperature-sensitive cdc24-M38 allele and mapped the suppressing mutations into six complementation groups. Two of these mutations defined genes encoding the Pol3 and Cdc27 subunits of DNA polymerase delta. Sequence analysis revealed that all the suppressing mutations in Cdc27 resulted in truncation of the protein and loss of sequences that included the conserved C-terminal PCNA binding motif, previously shown to play an important role in maximizing enzyme processivity in vitro. Deletion of this motif is shown to be sufficient for suppression of both cdc24-M38 and dna2-C2, a temperature-sensitive allele of dna2(+), suggesting that disruption of the interaction between Cdc27 and PCNA renders the activity of the Cdc24-Dna2 complex dispensable.
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- Hiroyuki Tanaka
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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Bruning JB, Shamoo Y. Structural and Thermodynamic Analysis of Human PCNA with Peptides Derived from DNA Polymerase-δ p66 Subunit and Flap Endonuclease-1. Structure 2004; 12:2209-19. [PMID: 15576034 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2004.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2004] [Revised: 09/07/2004] [Accepted: 09/13/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Human Proliferating Cellular Nuclear Antigen (hPCNA), a member of the sliding clamp family of proteins, makes specific protein-protein interactions with DNA replication and repair proteins through a small peptide motif termed the PCNA-interacting protein, or PIP-box. We solved the structure of hPCNA bound to PIP-box-containing peptides from the p66 subunit of the human replicative DNA polymerase-delta (452-466) at 2.6 A and of the flap endonuclease (FEN1) (331-350) at 1.85 A resolution. Both structures demonstrate that the pol-delta p66 and FEN1 peptides interact with hPCNA at the same site shown to bind the cdk-inhibitor p21(CIP1). Binding studies indicate that peptides from the p66 subunit of the pol-delta holoenzyme and FEN1 bind hPCNA from 189- to 725-fold less tightly than those of p21. Thus, the PIP-box and flanking regions provide a small docking peptide whose affinities can be readily adjusted in accord with biological necessity to mediate the binding of DNA replication and repair proteins to hPCNA.
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- John B Bruning
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, 6100 South Main Street, MS140, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Martin IV, MacNeill SA. Functional analysis of subcellular localization and protein-protein interaction sequences in the essential DNA ligase I protein of fission yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:632-42. [PMID: 14752051 PMCID: PMC373326 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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DNA ligase I (Lig I) has key roles in chromosomal DNA replication and repair in the eukaryotic cell nucleus. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae the Lig I enzyme Cdc9p is also required for mitochondrial DNA replication and repair. In this report, dual nuclear-mitochondrial localization is demonstrated to be a property of the essential Lig I enzyme Cdc17 from the distantly related fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Expression of nuclear and mitochondrial forms of Cdc17 from separate genes shows that, whereas expression of either protein alone is insufficient to restore viability to cells lacking endogenous Cdc17, co-expression restores full viability. In the nucleus, Lig I interacts with the sliding clamp proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) via a conserved PCNA interacting sequence motif known as a PIP box. Deletion of the PIP motif from the N-terminus of the nuclear form of Cdc17 fails to abolish Cdc17 function, indicating that PCNA binding by Cdc17 is not an absolute requirement for completion of S-phase.
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- Ina V Martin
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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Johansson E, Garg P, Burgers PMJ. The Pol32 Subunit of DNA Polymerase δ Contains Separable Domains for Processive Replication and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) Binding. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:1907-15. [PMID: 14594808 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m310362200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have carried out a domain analysis of POL32, the third subunit of Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA polymerase delta (Pol delta). Interactions with POL31, the second subunit of Pol delta, are specified by the amino-terminal 92 amino acids, whereas interactions with the replication clamp proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA, POL30) reside at the extreme carboxyl-terminal region. Pol32 binding, in vivo and in vitro, to the large subunit of DNA polymerase alpha, POL1, requires the carboxyl-proximal region of Pol32. The amino-terminal region of Pol32 is essential for damage-induced mutagenesis. However, the presence of its carboxyl-terminal PCNA-binding domain enhances the efficiency of mutagenesis, particularly at high loads of DNA damage. In vitro, in the absence of effector DNA, the PCNA-binding domain of Pol32 is essential for PCNA-Pol delta interactions. However, this domain has minimal importance for processive DNA synthesis by the ternary DNA-PCNA-Pol delta complex. Rather, processivity is determined by PCNA-binding domains located in the Pol3 and/or Pol31 subunits. Using diagnostic PCNA mutants, we show that during DNA synthesis the carboxyl-terminal domain of Pol32 interacts with the carboxyl-terminal region of PCNA, whereas interactions of the other subunit(s) of Pol delta localize largely to a hydrophobic pocket at the interdomain connector loop region of PCNA.
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- Erik Johansson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Majka J, Burgers PMJ. The PCNA-RFC families of DNA clamps and clamp loaders. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 78:227-60. [PMID: 15210332 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(04)78006-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The proliferating cell nuclear antigen PCNA functions at multiple levels in directing DNA metabolic pathways. Unbound to DNA, PCNA promotes localization of replication factors with a consensus PCNA-binding domain to replication factories. When bound to DNA, PCNA organizes various proteins involved in DNA replication, DNA repair, DNA modification, and chromatin modeling. Its modification by ubiquitin directs the cellular response to DNA damage. The ring-like PCNA homotrimer encircles double-stranded DNA and slides spontaneously across it. Loading of PCNA onto DNA at template-primer junctions is performed in an ATP-dependent process by replication factor C (RFC), a heteropentameric AAA+ protein complex consisting of the Rfc1, Rfc2, Rfc3, Rfc4, and Rfc5 subunits. Loading of yeast PCNA (POL30) is mechanistically distinct from analogous processes in E. coli (beta subunit by the gamma complex) and bacteriophage T4 (gp45 by gp44/62). Multiple stepwise ATP-binding events to RFC are required to load PCNA onto primed DNA. This stepwise mechanism should permit editing of this process at individual steps and allow for divergence of the default process into more specialized modes. Indeed, alternative RFC complexes consisting of the small RFC subunits together with an alternative Rfc1-like subunit have been identified. A complex required for the DNA damage checkpoint contains the Rad24 subunit, a complex required for sister chromatid cohesion contains the Ctf18 subunit, and a complex that aids in genome stability contains the Elg1 subunit. Only the RFC-Rad24 complex has a known associated clamp, a heterotrimeric complex consisting of Rad17, Mec3, and Ddc1. The other putative clamp loaders could either act on clamps yet to be identified or act on the two known clamps.
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- Jerzy Majka
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Izumi T, Wiederhold LR, Roy G, Roy R, Jaiswal A, Bhakat KK, Mitra S, Hazra TK. Mammalian DNA base excision repair proteins: their interactions and role in repair of oxidative DNA damage. Toxicology 2003; 193:43-65. [PMID: 14599767 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(03)00289-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The DNA base excision repair (BER) is a ubiquitous mechanism for removing damage from the genome induced by spontaneous chemical reaction, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and also DNA damage induced by a variety of environmental genotoxicants. DNA repair is essential for maintaining genomic integrity. As we learn more about BER, a more complex mechanism emerges which supersedes the classical, simple pathway requiring only four enzymatic reactions. The key to understand the complete BER process is to elucidate how multiple proteins interact with one another in a coordinated process under specific physiological conditions.
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- Tadahide Izumi
- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1079, USA.
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DNA polymerase sliding clamps are a family of ring-shaped proteins that play essential roles in DNA metabolism. The proteins from the three domains of life, Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya, as well as those from bacteriophages and viruses, were shown to interact with a large number of cellular factors and to influence their activity. In the last several years a large number of such proteins have been identified and studied. Here the various proteins that have been shown to interact with the sliding clamps of Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya are summarized.
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- Jonathan B Vivona
- University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology, 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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Xie B, Mazloum N, Liu L, Rahmeh A, Li H, Lee MYWT. Reconstitution and characterization of the human DNA polymerase delta four-subunit holoenzyme. Biochemistry 2002; 41:13133-42. [PMID: 12403614 DOI: 10.1021/bi0262707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mammalian DNA polymerase delta was originally characterized as a tightly associated heterodimer consisting of the catalytic subunit, p125, and the p50 subunit. Recently, two additional subunits, the third (p68) and fourth subunits (p12), have been identified. The heterotetrameric human pol delta complex was reconstituted by overexpression of the four subunits in Sf9 cells, followed by purification to near-homogeneity using FPLC chromatography. The properties of the four-subunit enzyme were shown to be functionally indistinguishable from those of pol delta isolated from calf thymus. The physicochemical properties of both the reconstituted heterotetramer and the heterodimer of the p125 and p50 subunits were examined by gel filtration and glycerol gradient ultracentrifugation. These studies show quite clearly that the heterodimer and heterotetramer complexes do not behave in solution as dimeric structures. This issue is of significance because several studies of the yeast pol delta complexes have indicated that the third subunit is able to bring about the dimerization of the pol delta complex. The heterodimer is only weakly stimulated by PCNA, whereas the heterotetramer is strongly stimulated to a level with a specific activity comparable to that of the calf thymus enzyme. These results resolve earlier, conflicting reports on the response of the heterodimer to PCNA. Nevertheless, the heterodimer does have some ability to interact functionally with PCNA, consistent with evidence that the p125 subunit itself has an ability to interact with PCNA. The functional interaction of PCNA with the pol delta complex may likely involve multiple contacts.
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- Bin Xie
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA
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Bermudez VP, MacNeill SA, Tappin I, Hurwitz J. The influence of the Cdc27 subunit on the properties of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe DNA polymerase delta. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:36853-62. [PMID: 12124382 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m202897200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe DNA polymerase (pol) delta contains four subunits, pol 3, Cdc1, Cdc27, and Cdm1. In this report, we examined the role of Cdc27 on the structure and activity of pol delta. We show that the four-subunit complex is monomeric in structure, in contrast to the previous report that it was a dimer (Zuo, S., Bermudez, V., Zhang, G., Kelman, Z., and Hurwitz, J. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 5153-5162). This discrepancy between the earlier and recent observations was traced to the marked asymmetric shape of Cdc27. Cdc27 contains two critical domains that govern its role in activating pol delta. The N-terminal region (amino acids (aa) 1-160) binds to Cdc1 and its extreme C-terminal end (aa 362-369) interacts with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Mutants of S. pombe pol delta, containing truncated Cdc27 derivatives deficient in binding to PCNA, supported DNA replication less processively than the wild-type complex. Fusion of a minimal PCNA-binding motif (aa 352-372) to C-terminally truncated Cdc27 derivatives restored processive DNA synthesis in vitro. In vivo, the introduction of these fused Cdc27 derivatives into cdc27Delta cells conferred viability. These data support the model in which Cdc27 plays an essential role in DNA replication by recruiting PCNA to the pol delta holoenzyme.
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- Vladimir P Bermudez
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Program of Molecular Biology, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Unk I, Haracska L, Gomes XV, Burgers PMJ, Prakash L, Prakash S. Stimulation of 3'-->5' exonuclease and 3'-phosphodiesterase activities of yeast apn2 by proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:6480-6. [PMID: 12192046 PMCID: PMC135640 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.18.6480-6486.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Apn2 protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains 3'-->5' exonuclease and 3'-phosphodiesterase activities, and these activities function in the repair of DNA strand breaks that have 3'-damaged termini and which are formed in DNA by the action of oxygen-free radicals. Apn2 also has an AP endonuclease activity and functions in the removal of abasic sites from DNA. Here, we provide evidence for the physical and functional interaction of Apn2 with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). As indicated by gel filtration and two-hybrid studies, Apn2 interacts with PCNA both in vitro and in vivo and mutations in the consensus PCNA-binding motif of Apn2 abolish this interaction. Importantly, PCNA stimulates the 3'-->5' exonuclease and 3'-phosphodiesterase activities of Apn2. We have examined the involvement of the interdomain connector loop (IDCL) and of the carboxy-terminal domain of PCNA in Apn2 binding and found that Apn2 binds PCNA via distinct domains dependent upon whether the binding is in the absence or presence of DNA. In the absence of DNA, Apn2 binds PCNA through its IDCL domain, whereas in the presence of DNA, when PCNA has been loaded onto the template-primer junction by replication factor C, the C-terminal domain of PCNA mediates the binding.
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- Ildiko Unk
- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77555-1061, USA
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Lu X, Tan CK, Zhou JQ, You M, Carastro LM, Downey KM, So AG. Direct interaction of proliferating cell nuclear antigen with the small subunit of DNA polymerase delta. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:24340-5. [PMID: 11986310 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m200065200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The interaction between proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and DNA polymerase delta is essential for processive DNA synthesis during DNA replication/repair; however, the identity of the subunit of DNA polymerase delta that directly interacts with PCNA has not been resolved until now. In the present study we have used reciprocal co-immunoprecipitation experiments to determine which of the two subunits of core DNA polymerase delta, the 125-kDa catalytic subunit or the 50-kDa small subunit, directly interacts with PCNA. We found that PCNA co-immunoprecipitated with human p50, as well as calf thymus DNA polymerase delta heterodimer, but not with p125 alone, suggesting that PCNA directly interacts with p50 but not with p125. A PCNA-binding motif, similar to the sliding clamp-binding motif of bacteriophage RB69 DNA polymerase, was identified in the N terminus of p50. A 22-amino acid oligopeptide containing this sequence (MRPFL) was shown to bind PCNA by far Western analysis and to compete with p50 for binding to PCNA in co-immunoprecipitation experiments. The binding of p50 to PCNA was inhibited by p21, suggesting that the two proteins compete for the same binding site on PCNA. These results establish that the interaction of PCNA with DNA polymerase delta is mediated through the small subunit of the enzyme.
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- Xiaoqing Lu
- Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA
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May KM, Reynolds N, Cullen CF, Yanagida M, Ohkura H. Polo boxes and Cut23 (Apc8) mediate an interaction between polo kinase and the anaphase-promoting complex for fission yeast mitosis. J Cell Biol 2002; 156:23-8. [PMID: 11777938 PMCID: PMC2173567 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200106150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The fission yeast plo1(+) gene encodes a polo-like kinase, a member of a conserved family of kinases which play multiple roles during the cell cycle. We show that Plo1 kinase physically interacts with the anaphase-promoting complex (APC)/cyclosome through the noncatalytic domain of Plo1 and the tetratricopeptide repeat domain of the subunit, Cut23. A new cut23 mutation, which specifically disrupts the interaction with Plo1, results in a metaphase arrest. This arrest can be rescued by high expression of Plo1 kinase. We suggest that this physical interaction is crucial for mitotic progression by targeting polo kinase activity toward the APC.
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- Karen M May
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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Ducoux M, Urbach S, Baldacci G, Hübscher U, Koundrioukoff S, Christensen J, Hughes P. Mediation of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-dependent DNA replication through a conserved p21(Cip1)-like PCNA-binding motif present in the third subunit of human DNA polymerase delta. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:49258-66. [PMID: 11595739 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106990200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The subunit that mediates binding of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) to human DNA polymerase delta has not been clearly defined. We show that the third subunit of human DNA polymerase delta, p66, interacts with PCNA through a canonical PCNA-binding sequence located in its C terminus. Conversely, p66 interacts with the domain-interconnecting loop of PCNA, a region previously shown to be important for DNA polymerase delta activity and for binding of the cell cycle inhibitor p21(Cip1). In accordance with this, a peptide containing the PCNA-binding domain of p21(Cip1) inhibited p66 binding to PCNA and the activity of native three-subunit DNA polymerase delta. Furthermore, pull-down assays showed that DNA polymerase delta requires p66 for interaction with PCNA. More importantly, only reconstituted three-subunit DNA polymerase delta displayed PCNA-dependent DNA replication that could be inhibited by the PCNA-binding domain of p21(Cip1). Direct participation of p66 in PCNA-dependent DNA replication in vivo is demonstrated by co-localization of p66 with PCNA and DNA polymerase delta within DNA replication foci. Finally, in vitro phosphorylation of p66 by cyclin-dependent kinases suggests that p66 activity may be subject to cell cycle-dependent regulation. These results suggest that p66 is the chief mediator of PCNA-dependent DNA synthesis by DNA polymerase delta.
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- M Ducoux
- Institut Curie, UMR 2027 du CNRS, Génotoxicologie et Cycle Cellulaire, Bâtiment 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Johansson E, Majka J, Burgers PM. Structure of DNA polymerase delta from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:43824-8. [PMID: 11568188 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108842200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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DNA polymerase delta (Pol delta) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae consists of three subunits, Pol3 (125 kDa), Pol31 (55 kDa), and Pol32 (40 kDa), present at a 1:1:1 stoichiometry in purified preparations. Previously, based on gel filtration studies of Pol delta, we suggested that the enzyme may be a dimer of catalytic cores, with dimerization mediated by the Pol32 subunit (Burgers, P. M., and Gerik, K. J. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 19756-19762). We now report on extensive gel filtration, glycerol gradient sedimentation, and analytical equilibrium centrifugation studies of Pol delta and of several subassemblies of Pol delta. The hydrodynamic parameters of these assemblies indicate that (i) Pol32 is a rod-shaped protein with a frictional ratio f/f(0) = 2.22; (ii) any complex containing Pol32 also has an extremely asymmetric shape; (iii) the results of these studies are independent of concentration (varied between 0.1-20 microm); (iv) all complexes are monomeric under the conditions studied (up to 20 microm). Moreover, a two-hybrid analysis of the Pol32 subunit did not detect a Pol32-Pol32 interaction in vivo. Therefore, we conclude that the assembly structure of Pol delta is that of a monomer.
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- E Johansson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Haracska L, Johnson RE, Unk I, Phillips B, Hurwitz J, Prakash L, Prakash S. Physical and functional interactions of human DNA polymerase eta with PCNA. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:7199-206. [PMID: 11585903 PMCID: PMC99895 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.21.7199-7206.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2001] [Accepted: 07/27/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human DNA polymerase eta (hPoleta) functions in the error-free replication of UV-damaged DNA, and mutations in hPoleta cause cancer-prone syndrome, the variant form of xeroderma pigmentosum. However, in spite of its key role in promoting replication through a variety of distorting DNA lesions, the manner by which hPoleta is targeted to the replication machinery stalled at a lesion site remains unknown. Here, we provide evidence for the physical interaction of hPoleta with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and show that mutations in the PCNA binding motif of hPoleta inactivate this interaction. PCNA, together with replication factor C and replication protein A, stimulates the DNA synthetic activity of hPoleta, and steady-state kinetic studies indicate that this stimulation accrues from an increase in the efficiency of nucleotide insertion resulting from a reduction in the apparent K(m) for the incoming nucleotide.
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- L Haracska
- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1061, USA
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Alley SC, Trakselis MA, Mayer MU, Ishmael FT, Jones AD, Benkovic SJ. Building a replisome solution structure by elucidation of protein-protein interactions in the bacteriophage T4 DNA polymerase holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:39340-9. [PMID: 11504721 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104956200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Assembly of DNA replication systems requires the coordinated actions of many proteins. The multiprotein complexes formed as intermediates on the pathway to the final DNA polymerase holoenzyme have been shown to have distinct structures relative to the ground-state structures of the individual proteins. By using a variety of solution-phase techniques, we have elucidated additional information about the solution structure of the bacteriophage T4 holoenzyme. Photocross-linking and mass spectrometry were used to demonstrate interactions between I107C of the sliding clamp and the DNA polymerase. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer, analytical ultracentrifugation, and isothermal titration calorimetry measurements were used to demonstrate that the C terminus of the DNA polymerase can interact at two distinct locations on the sliding clamp. Both of these binding modes may be used during holoenzyme assembly, but only one of these binding modes is found in the final holoenzyme. Present and previous solution interaction data were used to build a model of the holoenzyme that is consistent with these data.
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- S C Alley
- Department of Chemistry, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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He H, Tan CK, Downey KM, So AG. A tumor necrosis factor alpha- and interleukin 6-inducible protein that interacts with the small subunit of DNA polymerase delta and proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:11979-84. [PMID: 11593007 PMCID: PMC59753 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.221452098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A cDNA encoding a protein of 36 kDa, polymerase delta-interacting protein 1 (PDIP1), that interacts with the small subunit (p50) of DNA polymerase delta (pol delta) was identified in a two-hybrid screen of a HepG2 cDNA library by using p50 as bait. The interaction of PDIP1 with p50 was confirmed by pull-down assays, and a similar assay was used to demonstrate that PDIP1 interacts directly with the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). PCNA and p50 bound to PDIP1 simultaneously, and PDIP1 stimulated pol delta activity in vitro in the presence, but not the absence, of PCNA, suggesting that PDIP1 also interacts functionally with both p50 and PCNA. Subcellular localization studies demonstrated that PDIP1 is a nuclear protein that colocalizes with PCNA at replication foci. A putative PCNA-binding motif was identified within the C terminus of PDIP1, and a synthetic peptide containing this PCNA-binding motif was shown to bind PCNA by far-Western analysis. Northern analysis demonstrated that PDIP1 mRNA is present in a wide variety of human tissues. PDIP1 was found to be highly homologous to a previously identified protein, B12 [Wolf, F. W., Marks, R. M., Sarma. V., Byers, M. G., Katz, R. W., Shows, T. B. & Dixit, V. M. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 1317-1326], one of the early response genes induced by tumor necrosis factor alpha. PDIP1 synthesis can also be induced by tumor necrosis factor alpha and by IL-6, cytokines essential for liver regeneration after loss of hepatic tissue. It is suggested that PDIP1 provides a link between cytokine activation and DNA replication in liver as well as in other tissues.
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- H He
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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Scott M, Bonnefin P, Vieyra D, Boisvert FM, Young D, Bazett-Jones DP, Riabowol K. UV-induced binding of ING1 to PCNA regulates the induction of apoptosis. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:3455-62. [PMID: 11682605 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.19.3455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that UV-induced binding of p21WAF1 to PCNA through the PCNA-interacting protein (PIP) domain in p21WAF1 promotes a switch from DNA replication to DNA repair by altering the PCNA protein complex. Here we show that the p33ING1b isoform of the ING1 candidate tumour suppressor contains a PIP domain. UV rapidly induces p33ING1b to bind PCNA competitively through this domain, a motif also found in DNA ligase, the DNA repair-associated FEN1 and XPG exo/endonucleases, and DNA methyltransferase. Interaction of p33ING1b with PCNA occurs between a significant proportion of ING1 and PCNA, increases more than tenfold in response to UV and is specifically inhibited by overexpression of p21WAF1, but not by p16MTS1, which has no PIP sequence. In contrast to wild-type p33ING1b, ING1 PIP mutants that do not bind PCNA do not induce apoptosis, but protect cells from UV-induced apoptosis, suggesting a role for this PCNA-p33ING1b interaction in eliminating UV-damaged cells through programmed cell death. These data indicate that ING1 competitively binds PCNA through a site used by growth regulatory and DNA damage proteins, and may contribute to regulating the switch from DNA replication to DNA repair by altering the composition of the PCNA protein complex.
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- M Scott
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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Dalrymple BP, Kongsuwan K, Wijffels G, Dixon NE, Jennings PA. A universal protein-protein interaction motif in the eubacterial DNA replication and repair systems. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:11627-32. [PMID: 11573000 PMCID: PMC58780 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.191384398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The interaction between DNA polymerases and sliding clamp proteins confers processivity in DNA synthesis. This interaction is critical for most DNA replication machines from viruses and prokaryotes to higher eukaryotes. The clamp proteins also participate in a variety of dynamic and competing protein-protein interactions. However, clamp-protein binding sequences have not so far been identified in the eubacteria. Here we show from three lines of evidence, bioinformatics, yeast two-hybrid analysis, and inhibition of protein-protein interaction by modified peptides, that variants of a pentapeptide motif (consensus QL[SD]LF) are sufficient to enable interaction of a number of proteins with an archetypal eubacterial sliding clamp (the beta subunit of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III holoenzyme). Representatives of this motif are present in most sequenced members of the eubacterial DnaE, PolC, PolB, DinB, and UmuC families of DNA polymerases and the MutS1 mismatch repair protein family. The component tripeptide DLF inhibits the binding of the alpha (DnaE) subunit of E. coli DNA polymerase III to beta at microM concentration, identifying key residues. Comparison of the eubacterial, eukaryotic, and archaeal sliding clamp binding motifs suggests that the basic interactions have been conserved across the evolutionary landscape.
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- B P Dalrymple
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Livestock Industries, 120 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly QLD 4068, Australia
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Haracska L, Kondratick CM, Unk I, Prakash S, Prakash L. Interaction with PCNA is essential for yeast DNA polymerase eta function. Mol Cell 2001; 8:407-15. [PMID: 11545742 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(01)00319-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In both yeast and humans, DNA polymerase (Pol) eta functions in error-free replication of ultraviolet-damaged DNA, and Poleta promotes replication through many other DNA lesions as well. Here, we present evidence for the physical and functional interaction of yeast Poleta with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and show that the interaction with PCNA is essential for the in vivo function of Poleta. Poleta is highly inefficient at inserting a nucleotide opposite an abasic site, but interaction with PCNA greatly stimulates its ability for nucleotide incorporation opposite this lesion. Thus, in addition to having a pivotal role in the targeting of Poleta to the replication machinery stalled at DNA lesions, interaction with PCNA would promote the bypass of certain DNA lesions.
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- L Haracska
- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 77555, USA
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Tsuchimoto D, Sakai Y, Sakumi K, Nishioka K, Sasaki M, Fujiwara T, Nakabeppu Y. Human APE2 protein is mostly localized in the nuclei and to some extent in the mitochondria, while nuclear APE2 is partly associated with proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:2349-60. [PMID: 11376153 PMCID: PMC55700 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.11.2349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In human cells APE1 is the major AP endonuclease and it has been reported to have no functional mitochondrial targeting sequence (MTS). We found that APE2 protein possesses a putative MTS. When its N-terminal 15 amino acid residues were fused to the N-terminus of green fluorescent protein and transiently expressed in HeLa cells the fusion protein was localized in the mitochondria. By electron microscopic immunocytochemistry we detected authentic APE2 protein in mitochondria from HeLa cells. Western blotting of the subcellular fraction of HeLa cells revealed most of the APE2 protein to be localized in the nuclei. We found a putative proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-binding motif in the C-terminal region of APE2 and showed this motif to be functional by immunoprecipitation and in vitro pull-down binding assays. Laser scanning immunofluorescence microscopy of HeLa cells demonstrated both APE2 and PCNA to form foci in the nucleus and also to be co-localized in some of the foci. The incubation of HeLa cells in HAT medium containing deoxyuridine significantly increased the number of foci in which both molecules were co-localized. Our results suggest that APE2 participates in both nuclear and mitochondrial BER and also that nuclear APE2 functions in the PCNA-dependent BER pathway.
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- D Tsuchimoto
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Xu H, Zhang P, Liu L, Lee MY. A novel PCNA-binding motif identified by the panning of a random peptide display library. Biochemistry 2001; 40:4512-20. [PMID: 11284708 DOI: 10.1021/bi010103+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) has recently been identified as a target for the binding of proteins involved in DNA replication, DNA repair, and cell cycle control. The interactions between PCNA and a number of these proteins are known to be mediated by a conserved peptide motif. In this study, a random peptide library in which peptide sequences are displayed on the E. coli bacterial flagellin protein was screened for PCNA-binding sequences. Analysis of the retrieved peptide sequences verified the presence of the known PCNA-binding motif. In addition, a second, larger group of peptides containing a different consensus sequence for PCNA binding was discovered. This sequence was found to be present on DNA polymerase delta, and a peptide conforming to this sequence was demonstrated to bind to PCNA. Database search and analysis show that many proteins contain the second consensus sequence. These include proteins that are involved in DNA replication, repair, and cell cycle control. The demonstration of this second PCNA-binding motif may provide a basis for identifying and experimentally testing specific proteins for the structural basis for PCNA binding.
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- H Xu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA
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Ola A, Waga S, Ellison V, Stillman B, McGurk M, Leigh IM, Waseem NH, Waseem A. Human-Saccharomyces cerevisiae proliferating cell nuclear antigen hybrids: oligomeric structure and functional characterization using in vitro DNA replication. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:10168-77. [PMID: 11094057 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m008929200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a highly conserved protein required for the assembly of the DNA polymerase delta (pol delta) holoenzyme. Because PCNAs from Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human do not complement each other using in vitro or in vivo assays, hybrids of the two proteins would help identify region(s) involved in the assembly of the pol delta holoenzyme. Two mutants of human PCNA, HU1 (D21E) and HU3 (D120E), and six hybrids of human and S. cerevisiae PCNA, HC1, HC5, CH2, CH3, CH4, and CH5, were prepared by swapping corresponding regions between the two proteins. In solution, all PCNA assembled into trimers, albeit to different extents. These PCNA variants were tested for stimulation of pol delta and in vitro replication of M13 and SV40 DNA as well as to stimulate the ATPase activity of replication factor C (RF-C). Our data suggest that in addition to the interdomain connecting loop and C terminus, an additional site in the N terminus is required for pol delta interaction. PCNA mutants and hybrids that stimulated pol delta and RF-C were deficient in M13 and SV40 DNA replication assays, indicating that PCNA-induced pol delta stimulation and RF-C-mediated loading are not sufficient for coordinated DNA synthesis at a replication fork.
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- A Ola
- Head and Neck Cancer Research Program, Guys, King's, and St. Thomas' Dental Institute, Guy's Campus, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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Kleczkowska HE, Marra G, Lettieri T, Jiricny J. hMSH3 and hMSH6 interact with PCNA and colocalize with it to replication foci. Genes Dev 2001; 15:724-36. [PMID: 11274057 PMCID: PMC312660 DOI: 10.1101/gad.191201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) has been implicated in eukaryotic postreplicative mismatch correction, but the nature of its interaction with the repair machinery remained enigmatic. We now show that PCNA binds to the human mismatch binding factors hMutSalpha and hMutSbeta via their hMSH6 and hMSH3 subunits, respectively. The N-terminal domains of both proteins contain the highly conserved PCNA-binding motif Qxx[LI]xx[FF]. A variant of hMutSalpha, lacking this motif because of deletion of 77 N-terminal residues of the hMSH6 subunit, no longer was able to interact with PCNA in vitro and failed to restore mismatch repair in hMSH6-deficient cells. Colocalization of PCNA and hMSH6 or hMSH3 to replication foci implies an intimate link between replication and mismatch correction. We postulate that PCNA plays a role in repair initiation by guiding the mismatch repair proteins to free termini in the newly replicated DNA strands.
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- H E Kleczkowska
- Institute of Medical Radiobiology of the University of Zürich and the Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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Harmer T, Wu M, Schleif R. The role of rigidity in DNA looping-unlooping by AraC. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:427-31. [PMID: 11209047 PMCID: PMC14602 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.98.2.427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We applied two experiments useful in the study of ligand-regulated DNA binding proteins to AraC, the dimeric regulator of the Escherichia coli l-arabinose operon. In the absence of arabinose, AraC prefers to loop DNA by binding to two half-sites that are separated by 210 base pairs, and in the presence of arabinose it prefers to bind to adjacently located half-sites. The basis for this ligand-regulated shift in binding appears to result from a shift in the rigidity of the system, where rigidity both in AraC protein in the absence of arabinose, and in the DNA are required to generate the free energy differences that produce the binding preferences. Eliminating the dimerization domains and connecting the two DNA binding domains of AraC by a flexible peptide linker should provide a protein whose behavior mimics that of AraC when there is no interaction between its dimerization and DNA binding domains. The resulting protein bound to adjacent half-sites on the DNA, like AraC protein in the presence of arabinose. When the two double-stranded DNA half-sites were connected by 24 bases of single-stranded, flexible DNA, wild-type AraC protein bound to the DNA in the presence and absence of arabinose with equal affinity, showing that AraC modulates its DNA binding affinity in response to arabinose by shifting the relative positions of its DNA binding domains. These results are consistent with the light switch mechanism for the action of AraC, refine the model, and extend the range of experimental tests to which it has been subjected.
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- T Harmer
- Biology Department, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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MacNeill SA, Baldacci G, Burgers PM, Hübscher U. A unified nomenclature for the subunits of eukaryotic DNA polymerase delta. Trends Biochem Sci 2001; 26:16-7. [PMID: 11165510 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(00)01709-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Over forty years of research on the L-arabinose operon of Escherichia coli have provided insights into the mechanism of positive regulation of gene activity. This research also discovered DNA looping and the mechanism by which the regulatory protein changes its DNA-binding properties in response to the presence of arabinose. As is frequently seen in focused research on biological subjects, the initial studies were primarily genetic. Subsequently, the genetic approaches were augmented by physiological and then biochemical studies. Now biophysical studies are being conducted at the atomic level, but genetics still has a crucial role in the study of this system.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Schleif
- Biology Dept, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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The identification of proteins that interact with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) has recently been a rapidly expanding field of discovery. PCNA is involved in many aspects of DNA replication and processing, forming a sliding platform that can mediate the interaction of proteins with DNA. It is striking that many proteins bind to PCNA through a small region containing a conserved motif; these include proteins involved in cell cycle regulation as well as those involved in DNA processing. Sequential and regulated binding of motif-containing proteins to PCNA may contribute to the ordering of events during DNA replication and repair. Results from bacteriophages and archaea show that the structural basis for the interaction of this motif with PCNA is extremely ancient. The analysis of how such functional motifs have been recruited to proteins in present day organisms helps us to understand how these complex systems arose from ancestral organisms.
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- E Warbrick
- Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK.
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The FEN1 nuclease functions during Okazaki fragment maturation in the eukaryotic cell. Like many other proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-binding proteins, FEN1 interacts with the interdomain connector loop (IDCL) of PCNA, and PCNA greatly stimulates FEN1 activity. A yeast IDCL mutant pcna-79 (IL126,128AA) failed to interact with FEN-1, but, surprisingly, pcna-79 was still very active in stimulating FEN1 activity. In contrast, a C-terminal mutant pcna-90 (PK252,253AA) showed wild-type binding to FEN1 in solution, but poorly stimulated FEN1 activity. When PCNA was loaded onto a DNA substrate coupled to magnetic beads, it stabilized retention of FEN1 on the DNA. In this DNA-dependent binding assay, pcna-79 also stabilized retention of FEN1, but pcna-90 was inactive. Therefore, in the absence of DNA, FEN1 interacts with PCNA mainly through the IDCL. However, when PCNA encircles the DNA, the C-terminal domain of PCNA rather than its IDCL is important for binding FEN1. An FF-->GA mutation in the PCNA-interaction domain of FEN1 severely decreased both modes of interaction with PCNA and resulted in replication and repair defects in vivo.
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- X V Gomes
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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