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Yuan Z, Georgescu R, Yao NY, Yurieva O, O'Donnell ME, Li H. Mechanism of PCNA loading by Ctf18-RFC for leading-strand DNA synthesis. Science 2024; 385:eadk5901. [PMID: 39088616 DOI: 10.1126/science.adk5901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 02/10/2024] [Accepted: 05/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/03/2024]
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The proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) clamp encircles DNA to hold DNA polymerases (Pols) to DNA for processivity. The Ctf18-RFC PCNA loader, a replication factor C (RFC) variant, is specific to the leading-strand Pol (Polε). We reveal here the underlying mechanism of Ctf18-RFC specificity to Polε using cryo-electron microscopy and biochemical studies. We found that both Ctf18-RFC and Polε contain specific structural features that direct PCNA loading onto DNA. Unlike other clamp loaders, Ctf18-RFC has a disordered ATPase associated with a diverse cellular activities (AAA+) motor that requires Polε to bind and stabilize it for efficient PCNA loading. In addition, Ctf18-RFC can pry prebound Polε off of DNA, then load PCNA onto DNA and transfer the PCNA-DNA back to Polε. These elements in both Ctf18-RFC and Polε provide specificity in loading PCNA onto DNA for Polε.
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- Zuanning Yuan
- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- DNA Replication Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- DNA Replication Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- DNA Replication Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- DNA Replication Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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Ishino S, Skouloubris S, Kudo H, l'Hermitte-Stead C, Es-Sadik A, Lambry JC, Ishino Y, Myllykallio H. Activation of the mismatch-specific endonuclease EndoMS/NucS by the replication clamp is required for high fidelity DNA replication. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:6206-6217. [PMID: 29846672 PMCID: PMC6159515 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
The mismatch repair (MMR) system, exemplified by the MutS/MutL proteins, is widespread in Bacteria and Eukarya. However, molecular mechanisms how numerous archaea and bacteria lacking the mutS/mutL genes maintain high replication fidelity and genome stability have remained elusive. EndoMS is a recently discovered hyperthermophilic mismatch-specific endonuclease encoded by nucS in Thermococcales. We deleted the nucS from the actinobacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum and demonstrated a drastic increase of spontaneous transition mutations in the nucS deletion strain. The observed spectra of these mutations were consistent with the enzymatic properties of EndoMS in vitro. The robust mismatch-specific endonuclease activity was detected with the purified C. glutamicum EndoMS protein but only in the presence of the β-clamp (DnaN). Our biochemical and genetic data suggest that the frequently occurring G/T mismatch is efficiently repaired by the bacterial EndoMS-β−clamp complex formed via a carboxy-terminal sequence motif of EndoMS proteins. Our study thus has great implications for understanding how the activity of the novel MMR system is coordinated with the replisome and provides new mechanistic insight into genetic diversity and mutational patterns in industrially and clinically (e.g. Mycobacteria) important archaeal and bacterial phyla previously thought to be devoid of the MMR system.
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- Sonoko Ishino
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 8128581, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Orsay F-91405, France.,Laboratory of Optics and Biosciences, CNRS-INSERM-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau France
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 8128581, Japan
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- Laboratory of Optics and Biosciences, CNRS-INSERM-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau France
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- Laboratory of Optics and Biosciences, CNRS-INSERM-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau France
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 8128581, Japan
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- Laboratory of Optics and Biosciences, CNRS-INSERM-Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau France
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Sisakova A, Altmannova V, Sebesta M, Krejci L. Role of PCNA and RFC in promoting Mus81-complex activity. BMC Biol 2017; 15:90. [PMID: 28969641 PMCID: PMC5625722 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-017-0429-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Proper DNA replication is essential for faithful transmission of the genome. However, replication stress has serious impact on the integrity of the cell, leading to stalling or collapse of replication forks, and has been determined as a driving force of carcinogenesis. Mus81-Mms4 complex is a structure-specific endonuclease previously shown to be involved in processing of aberrant replication intermediates and promotes POLD3-dependent DNA synthesis via break-induced replication. However, how replication components might be involved in this process is not known. Results Herein, we show the interaction and robust stimulation of Mus81-Mms4 nuclease activity by heteropentameric replication factor C (RFC) complex, the processivity factor of replicative DNA polymerases that is responsible for loading of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) during DNA replication and repair. This stimulation is enhanced by RFC-dependent ATP hydrolysis and by PCNA loading on the DNA. Moreover, this stimulation is not specific to Rfc1, the largest of subunit of this complex, thus indicating that alternative clamp loaders may also play a role in the stimulation. We also observed a targeting of Mus81 by RFC to the nick-containing DNA substrate and we provide further evidence that indicates cooperation between Mus81 and the RFC complex in the repair of DNA lesions generated by various DNA-damaging agents. Conclusions Identification of new interacting partners and modulators of Mus81-Mms4 nuclease, RFC, and PCNA imply the cooperation of these factors in resolution of stalled replication forks and branched DNA structures emanating from the restarted replication forks under conditions of replication stress. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12915-017-0429-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Alexandra Sisakova
- Department of Biology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A7, CZ-62500, Brno, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A4, CZ-62500, Brno, Czech Republic.,International Clinical Research Center, Center for Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, CZ-656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A7, CZ-62500, Brno, Czech Republic.,International Clinical Research Center, Center for Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, CZ-656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A7, CZ-62500, Brno, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A4, CZ-62500, Brno, Czech Republic.,Present address: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, UK
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- Department of Biology, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A7, CZ-62500, Brno, Czech Republic. .,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5/A4, CZ-62500, Brno, Czech Republic. .,International Clinical Research Center, Center for Biomolecular and Cellular Engineering, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno, Pekarska 53, CZ-656 91, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Trasviña-Arenas CH, Cardona-Felix CS, Azuara-Liceaga E, Díaz-Quezada C, Brieba LG. Proliferating cell nuclear antigen restores the enzymatic activity of a DNA ligase I deficient in DNA binding. FEBS Open Bio 2017; 7:659-674. [PMID: 28469979 PMCID: PMC5407892 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) coordinates multienzymatic reactions by interacting with a variety of protein partners. Family I DNA ligases are multidomain proteins involved in sealing of DNA nicks during Okazaki fragment maturation and DNA repair. The interaction of DNA ligases with the interdomain connector loop (IDCL) of PCNA through its PCNA‐interacting peptide (PIP box) is well studied but the role of the interacting surface between both proteins is not well characterized. In this work, we used a minimal DNA ligase I and two N‐terminal deletions to establish that DNA binding and nick‐sealing stimulation of DNA ligase I by PCNA are not solely dependent on the PIP box–IDCL interaction. We found that a truncated DNA ligase I with a deleted PIP box is stimulated by PCNA. Furthermore, the activity of a DNA ligase defective in DNA binding is rescued upon PCNA addition. As the rate constants for single‐turnover ligation for the full‐length and truncated DNA ligases are not affected by PCNA, our data suggest that PCNA stimulation is achieved by increasing the affinity for nicked DNA substrate and not by increasing catalytic efficiency. Surprisingly C‐terminal mutants of PCNA are not able to stimulate nick‐sealing activity of Entamoeba histolytica DNA ligase I. Our data support the notion that the C‐terminal region of PCNA may be involved in promoting an allosteric transition in E. histolytica DNA ligase I from a spread‐shaped to a ring‐shaped structure. This study suggests that the ring‐shaped PCNA is a binding platform able to stabilize coevolved protein–protein interactions, in this case an interaction with DNA ligase I.
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- Carlos H Trasviña-Arenas
- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Irapuato Guanajuato México
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Irapuato Guanajuato México.,Present address: Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR-IPN) Av. Instituto Politécnico Nacional. s/n.La Paz Baja California Sur 23096 Mexico.,Present address: Cátedras CONACyT Dirección Adjunta de Desarrollo Científico Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Av. Insurgentes Sur 1582 Ciudad de Mexico 03940 Mexico
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- Posgrado en Ciencias Genómicas Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México México
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Irapuato Guanajuato México
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- Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Irapuato Guanajuato México
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Lesion-Induced Mutation in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and Its Avoidance by the Y-Family DNA Polymerase Dbh. Genetics 2015. [PMID: 26224736 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.178566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Hyperthermophilic archaea offer certain advantages as models of genome replication, and Sulfolobus Y-family polymerases Dpo4 (S. solfataricus) and Dbh (S. acidocaldarius) have been studied intensively in vitro as biochemical and structural models of trans-lesion DNA synthesis (TLS). However, the genetic functions of these enzymes have not been determined in the native context of living cells. We developed the first quantitative genetic assays of replication past defined DNA lesions and error-prone motifs in Sulfolobus chromosomes and used them to measure the efficiency and accuracy of bypass in normal and dbh(-) strains of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Oligonucleotide-mediated transformation allowed low levels of abasic-site bypass to be observed in S. acidocaldarius and demonstrated that the local sequence context affected bypass specificity; in addition, most erroneous TLS did not require Dbh function. Applying the technique to another common lesion, 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG), revealed an antimutagenic role of Dbh. The efficiency and accuracy of replication past 8-oxo-dG was higher in the presence of Dbh, and up to 90% of the Dbh-dependent events inserted dC. A third set of assays, based on phenotypic reversion, showed no effect of Dbh function on spontaneous -1 frameshifts in mononucleotide tracts in vivo, despite the extremely frequent slippage at these motifs documented in vitro. Taken together, the results indicate that a primary genetic role of Dbh is to avoid mutations at 8-oxo-dG that occur when other Sulfolobus enzymes replicate past this lesion. The genetic evidence that Dbh is recruited to 8-oxo-dG raises questions regarding the mechanism of recruitment, since Sulfolobus spp. have eukaryotic-like replisomes but no ubiquitin.
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Khanam T, Rai N, Ramachandran R. Mycobacterium tuberculosis class II apurinic/apyrimidinic-endonuclease/3'-5' exonuclease III exhibits DNA regulated modes of interaction with the sliding DNA β-clamp. Mol Microbiol 2015; 98:46-68. [PMID: 26103519 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The class-II AP-endonuclease (XthA) acts on abasic sites of damaged DNA in bacterial base excision repair. We identified that the sliding DNA β-clamp forms in vivo and in vitro complexes with XthA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A novel 239 QLRFPKK245 motif in the DNA-binding domain of XthA was found to be important for the interactions. Likewise, the peptide binding-groove (PBG) and the C-terminal of β-clamp located on different domains interact with XthA. The β-clamp-XthA complex can be disrupted by clamp binding peptides and also by a specific bacterial clamp inhibitor that binds at the PBG. We also identified that β-clamp stimulates the activities of XthA primarily by increasing its affinity for the substrate and its processivity. Additionally, loading of the β-clamp onto DNA is required for activity stimulation. A reduction in XthA activity stimulation was observed in the presence of β-clamp binding peptides supporting that direct interactions between the proteins are necessary to cause stimulation. Finally, we found that in the absence of DNA, the PBG located on the second domain of the β-clamp is important for interactions with XthA, while the C-terminal domain predominantly mediates functional interactions in the substrate's presence.
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- Taran Khanam
- Molecular and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226031, India
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- Molecular and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226031, India
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- Molecular and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226031, India
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The architecture of an Okazaki fragment-processing holoenzyme from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Biochem J 2015; 465:239-45. [PMID: 25299633 DOI: 10.1042/bj20141120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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DNA replication on the lagging strand occurs via the synthesis and maturation of Okazaki fragments. In archaea and eukaryotes, the enzymatic activities required for this process are supplied by a replicative DNA polymerase, Flap endonuclease 1 (Fen1) and DNA ligase 1 (Lig1). These factors interact with the sliding clamp PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) providing a potential means of co-ordinating their sequential actions within a higher order assembly. In hyperthermophilic archaea of the Sulfolobus genus, PCNA is a defined heterotrimeric assembly and each subunit interacts preferentially with specific client proteins. We have exploited this inherent asymmetry to assemble a PCNA-polymerase-Fen1-ligase complex on DNA and have visualized it by electron microscopy. Our studies reveal the structural basis of co-occupancy of a single PCNA ring by the three distinct client proteins.
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Wang G, Yang X, Li C, Cao X, Luo X, Hu J. PIK3R3 induces epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and promotes metastasis in colorectal cancer. Mol Cancer Ther 2014; 13:1837-47. [PMID: 24837077 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-14-0049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Class IA PI3K plays an essential role in the invasion and metastasis of cancer. However, the mechanisms and specific functions of PI3K isoforms in tumor invasion and metastasis are not fully understood. We evaluated the role of PIK3R3, a PI3K regulatory subunit encoded by the PIK3R3 gene, in colorectal cancer invasion and metastasis. Clinical specimens and cell lines data show that the expression level of PIK3R3 is associated with colorectal cancer metastasis. Overexpression of PIK3R3 increases tumor migration and invasion in vitro and promotes metastasis of colorectal cancers in vivo. Furthermore, we investigated that the overexpression of PIK3R3 depends on SNAI2, inducing significant epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Downregulation of PIK3R3 reverses this process, which possibly contributes to the enhanced invasive and metastasizing abilities of colorectal cancer cells. In this study, we found that PIK3R3 plays an important role in colorectal cancer metastasis and might be a potential and specific target for therapies against metastatic colorectal cancer.
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- Guihua Wang
- Authors' Affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Authors' Affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Authors' Affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Authors' Affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Authors' Affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Authors' Affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Craggs TD, Hutton RD, Brenlla A, White MF, Penedo JC. Single-molecule characterization of Fen1 and Fen1/PCNA complexes acting on flap substrates. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:1857-72. [PMID: 24234453 PMCID: PMC3919604 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2013] [Revised: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Flap endonuclease 1 (Fen1) is a highly conserved structure-specific nuclease that catalyses a specific incision to remove 5' flaps in double-stranded DNA substrates. Fen1 plays an essential role in key cellular processes, such as DNA replication and repair, and mutations that compromise Fen1 expression levels or activity have severe health implications in humans. The nuclease activity of Fen1 and other FEN family members can be stimulated by processivity clamps such as proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA); however, the exact mechanism of PCNA activation is currently unknown. Here, we have used a combination of ensemble and single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer together with protein-induced fluorescence enhancement to uncouple and investigate the substrate recognition and catalytic steps of Fen1 and Fen1/PCNA complexes. We propose a model in which upon Fen1 binding, a highly dynamic substrate is bent and locked into an open flap conformation where specific Fen1/DNA interactions can be established. PCNA enhances Fen1 recognition of the DNA substrate by further promoting the open flap conformation in a step that may involve facilitated threading of the 5' ssDNA flap. Merging our data with existing crystallographic and molecular dynamics simulations we provide a solution-based model for the Fen1/PCNA/DNA ternary complex.
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- Timothy D. Craggs
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK and Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9SS, UK
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Sengerová B, Allerston CK, Abu M, Lee SY, Hartley J, Kiakos K, Schofield CJ, Hartley JA, Gileadi O, McHugh PJ. Characterization of the human SNM1A and SNM1B/Apollo DNA repair exonucleases. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:26254-67. [PMID: 22692201 PMCID: PMC3406710 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.367243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Human SNM1A and SNM1B/Apollo have both been implicated in the repair of DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs) by cellular studies, and SNM1B is also required for telomere protection. Here, we describe studies on the biochemical characterization of the SNM1A and SNM1B proteins. The results reveal some fundamental differences in the mechanisms of the two proteins. Both SNM1A and SNM1B digest double-stranded and single-stranded DNA with a 5'-to-3' directionality in a reaction that is stimulated by divalent cations, and both nucleases are inhibited by the zinc chelator o-phenanthroline. We find that SNM1A has greater affinity for single-stranded DNA over double-stranded DNA that is not observed with SNM1B. Although both proteins demonstrate a low level of processivity on low molecular weight DNA oligonucleotide substrates, when presented with high molecular weight DNA, SNM1A alone is rendered much more active, being capable of digesting kilobase-long stretches of DNA. Both proteins can digest past ICLs induced by the non-distorting minor groove cross-linking agent SJG-136, albeit with SNM1A showing a greater capacity to achieve this. This is consistent with the proposal that SNM1A and SNM1B might exhibit some redundancy in ICL repair. Together, our work establishes differences in the substrate selectivities of SNM1A and SNM1B that are likely to be relevant to their in vivo roles and which might be exploited in the development of selective inhibitors.
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- Blanka Sengerová
- Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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Staphylococcus aureus DinG, a helicase that has evolved into a nuclease. Biochem J 2012; 442:77-84. [PMID: 22166102 PMCID: PMC3270479 DOI: 10.1042/bj20111903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Revised: 12/01/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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DinG (damage inducible gene G) is a bacterial superfamily 2 helicase with 5′→3′ polarity. DinG is related to the XPD (xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group D) helicase family, and they have in common an FeS (iron–sulfur)-binding domain that is essential for the helicase activity. In the bacilli and clostridia, the DinG helicase has become fused with an N-terminal domain that is predicted to be an exonuclease. In the present paper we show that the DinG protein from Staphylococcus aureus lacks an FeS domain and is not a DNA helicase, although it retains DNA-dependent ATP hydrolysis activity. Instead, the enzyme is an active 3′→5′ exonuclease acting on single-stranded DNA and RNA substrates. The nuclease activity can be modulated by mutation of the ATP-binding cleft of the helicase domain, and is inhibited by ATP or ADP, suggesting a modified role for the inactive helicase domain in the control of the nuclease activity. By degrading rather than displacing RNA or DNA strands, the S. aureus DinG nuclease may accomplish the same function as the canonical DinG helicase.
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Creze C, Ligabue A, Laurent S, Lestini R, Laptenok SP, Khun J, Vos MH, Czjzek M, Myllykallio H, Flament D. Modulation of the Pyrococcus abyssi NucS endonuclease activity by replication clamp at functional and structural levels. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:15648-60. [PMID: 22431731 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.346361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pyrococcus abyssi NucS is the founding member of a new family of structure-specific DNA endonucleases that interact with the replication clamp proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Using a combination of small angle x-ray scattering and surface plasmon resonance analyses, we demonstrate the formation of a stable complex in solution, in which one molecule of the PabNucS homodimer binds to the outside surface of the PabPCNA homotrimer. Using fluorescent labels, PCNA is shown to increase the binding affinity of NucS toward single-strand/double-strand junctions on 5' and 3' flaps, as well as to modulate the cleavage specificity on the branched DNA structures. Our results indicate that the presence of a single major contact between the PabNucS and PabPCNA proteins, together with the complex-induced DNA bending, facilitate conformational flexibility required for specific cleavage at the single-strand/double-strand DNA junction.
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- Christophe Creze
- Ifremer, UMR6197, Laboratoire de Microbiologie des Environnements Extrêmes, 29280 Plouzané, France
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Beattie TR, Bell SD. Coordination of multiple enzyme activities by a single PCNA in archaeal Okazaki fragment maturation. EMBO J 2012; 31:1556-67. [PMID: 22307085 PMCID: PMC3321178 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In vitro reconstitution of Okazaki fragment processing shows that DNA polymerase, flap endonuclease and DNA ligase need to simultaneously bind to the same PCNA-sliding clamp molecule during DNA lagging strand replication. Chromosomal DNA replication requires one daughter strand—the lagging strand—to be synthesised as a series of discontinuous, RNA-primed Okazaki fragments, which must subsequently be matured into a single covalent DNA strand. Here, we describe the reconstitution of Okazaki fragment maturation in vitro using proteins derived from the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. Six proteins are necessary and sufficient for coupled DNA synthesis, RNA primer removal and DNA ligation. PolB1, Fen1 and Lig1 provide the required catalytic activities, with coordination of their activities dependent upon the DNA sliding clamp, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). S. solfataricus PCNA is a heterotrimer, with each subunit having a distinct specificity for binding PolB1, Fen1 or Lig1. Our data demonstrate that the most efficient coupling of activities occurs when a single PCNA ring organises PolB1, Fen1 and Lig1 into a complex.
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- Thomas R Beattie
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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Cardona-Felix CS, Lara-Gonzalez S, Brieba LG. Structure and biochemical characterization of proliferating cellular nuclear antigen from a parasitic protozoon. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D: BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2011; 67:497-505. [PMID: 21636889 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444911010547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Proliferating cellular nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a toroidal-shaped protein that is involved in cell-cycle control, DNA replication and DNA repair. Parasitic protozoa are early-diverged eukaryotes that are responsible for neglected diseases. In this work, a PCNA from a parasitic protozoon was identified, cloned and biochemically characterized and its crystal structure was determined. Structural and biochemical studies demonstrate that PCNA from Entamoeba histolytica assembles as a homotrimer that is able to interact with and stimulate the activity of a PCNA-interacting peptide-motif protein from E. histolytica, EhDNAligI. The data indicate a conservation of the biochemical mechanisms of PCNA-mediated interactions between metazoa, yeast and parasitic protozoa.
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- Cesar S Cardona-Felix
- Grupo de Bioquímica Estructural, Laboratorio Nacional de Genomica para la Biodiversidad, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Km 9.6 Libramiento Norte, Carretera Irapuato-León, 36821 Irapuato, Guanajuato, México
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Structure and function of a novel endonuclease acting on branched DNA substrates. Biochem Soc Trans 2011; 39:145-9. [PMID: 21265762 DOI: 10.1042/bst0390145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Branched DNA structures that occur during DNA repair and recombination must be efficiently processed by structure-specific endonucleases in order to avoid cell death. In the present paper, we summarize our screen for new interaction partners for the archaeal replication clamp that led to the functional characterization of a novel endonuclease family, dubbed NucS. Structural analyses of Pyrococcus abyssi NucS revealed an unexpected binding site for ssDNA (single-stranded DNA) that directs, together with the replication clamp, the nuclease activity of this protein towards ssDNA-dsDNA (double-stranded DNA) junctions. Our studies suggest that understanding the detailed architecture and dynamic behaviour of the NucS (nuclease specific for ssDNA)-PCNA (proliferating-cell nuclear antigen) complex with DNA will be crucial for identification of its physiologically relevant activities.
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The role of the DNA sliding clamp in Okazaki fragment maturation in archaea and eukaryotes. Biochem Soc Trans 2011; 39:70-6. [DOI: 10.1042/bst0390070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Efficient processing of Okazaki fragments generated during discontinuous lagging-strand DNA replication is critical for the maintenance of genome integrity. In eukaryotes, a number of enzymes co-ordinate to ensure the removal of initiating primers from the 5′-end of each fragment and the generation of a covalently linked daughter strand. Studies in eukaryotic systems have revealed that the co-ordination of DNA polymerase δ and FEN-1 (Flap Endonuclease 1) is sufficient to remove the majority of primers. Other pathways such as that involving Dna2 also operate under certain conditions, although, notably, Dna2 is not universally conserved between eukaryotes and archaea, unlike the other core factors. In addition to the catalytic components, the DNA sliding clamp, PCNA (proliferating-cell nuclear antigen), plays a pivotal role in binding and co-ordinating these enzymes at sites of lagging-strand replication. Structural studies in eukaryotic and archaeal systems have revealed that PCNA-binding proteins can adopt different conformations when binding PCNA. This conformational malleability may be key to the co-ordination of these enzymes' activities.
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Rouillon C, White MF. The evolution and mechanisms of nucleotide excision repair proteins. Res Microbiol 2010; 162:19-26. [PMID: 20863882 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2010] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathways remove a wide variety of bulky and helix-distorting lesions from DNA, and involve the coordinated action of damage detection, helicase and nuclease proteins. Most archaeal genomes encode eucaryal-type NER proteins, including the helicases XPB and XPD and nuclease XPF. These have been a valuable resource, yielding important mechanistic and structural insights relevant to human health. However, the nature of archaeal NER remains very uncertain. Here we review recent studies of archaeal NER proteins relevant to both eucaryal and archaeal NER systems and the evolution of repair pathways.
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- Christophe Rouillon
- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY169ST, UK
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Zhang C, Guo L, Deng L, Wu Y, Liang Y, Huang L, She Q. Revealing the essentiality of multiple archaeal pcna genes using a mutant propagation assay based on an improved knockout method. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2010; 156:3386-3397. [PMID: 20705666 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.042523-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Organisms belonging to the Crenarchaeota lineage contain three proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) subunits, while those in the Euryarchaeota have only one, as for Eukarya. To study the mechanism of archaeal sliding clamps, we sought to generate knockouts for each pcna gene in Sulfolobus islandicus, a hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon, but failed with two conventional knockout methods. Then, a new knockout scheme, known as marker insertion and target gene deletion (MID), was developed, with which transformants were obtained for each pMID-pcna plasmid. We found that mutant cells persisted in transformant cultures during incubation of pMID-pcna3 and pMID-araS-pcna1 transformants under counter selection. Studying the propagation of mutant cells by semiquantitative PCR analysis of the deleted target gene allele (Δpcna1 or Δpcna3) revealed that mutant cells could no longer be propagated, demonstrating that these pcna genes are absolutely required for host cell viability. Because the only prerequisite for this assay is the generation of a MID transformant, this approach can be applied generally to any micro-organisms proficient in homologous recombination.
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- Changyi Zhang
- Archaeal Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, Copenhagen Biocenter, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.,State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PR China
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- Archaeal Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, Copenhagen Biocenter, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, PR China
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- Archaeal Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaløes Vej 5, Copenhagen Biocenter, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Identification, mRNA expression and characterization of proliferating cell nuclear antigen gene from Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir japonica sinensis. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2010; 157:170-6. [PMID: 20542131 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.06.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2010] [Revised: 06/05/2010] [Accepted: 06/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The sliding clamp proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) plays important roles in nucleic acid metabolism. In this work, we isolated a PCNA gene (designated as EjsPCNA, accession: FJ483830) by rapid amplification of cDNA ends approach from the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir japonica sinensis. The full-length cDNA of EjsPCNA consists of 1123 nucleotides with an open-reading frame of 780bp encoding 259 amino acids (28.62kDa) and containing an interdomain connecting loop, C-terminal tail, and center loop. Sequence alignment, phylogenetic analyses, and structure comparison revealed that EjsPCNA is a member of the PCNA family. Real-time RT-PCR results indicate that EjsPCNA is expressed throughout three developmental stages. EjsPCNA mRNA expression levels at the first crab stage are significantly higher than that of the other two stages. Present data showed that the expression levels of EjsPCNA in E. j. sinensis are likely related to proliferation activity of tissues, and suggested that EjsPCNA gene is probably involved in the crabs' early developmental regulation.
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Toh GWL, Sugawara N, Dong J, Toth R, Lee SE, Haber JE, Rouse J. Mec1/Tel1-dependent phosphorylation of Slx4 stimulates Rad1-Rad10-dependent cleavage of non-homologous DNA tails. DNA Repair (Amst) 2010; 9:718-26. [PMID: 20382573 PMCID: PMC4352089 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2010.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2009] [Revised: 02/09/2010] [Accepted: 02/24/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Budding yeast Slx4 interacts with the Rad1-Rad10 endonuclease that is involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER), homologous recombination (HR) and single-strand annealing (SSA). We previously showed that Slx4 is dispensable for NER but is essential for SSA. Slx4 is phosphorylated by the Mec1 and Tel1 kinases after DNA damage on at least six Ser/Thr residues, and mutation of all six residues to Ala reduces the efficiency of SSA. In this study, we further investigated the role of Slx4 phosphorylation in SSA, specifically in regulating cleavage of 3' non-homologous (NH) DNA tails by Rad1-Rad10 during SSA and HR. Slx4 became phosphorylated after induction of a single double-strand break (DSB) during SSA and dephosphorylation coincided approximately with completion of repair. Slx4 is recruited to 3' NH tails during DSB repair, but this does not require phosphorylation of Slx4. However, we identified a specific damage-dependent Mec1/Tel1 site of Slx4 phosphorylation, Thr 113, that is required for efficient cleavage of NH tails by Rad1-Rad10. Consistent with these data, deletion of both Mec1 and Tel1 severely reduces the efficiency of NH DNA tail cleavage during HR. These data show that phosphorylation of Slx4 by Mec1 and Tel1 plays an important role in facilitating NH DNA tail cleavage during HR.
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- Geraldine W.-L. Toh
- MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Rosentiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Centre, Waltham, Massachusetts
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Institute of Biotechnology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 15355 Lambda Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Institute of Biotechnology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 15355 Lambda Drive, San Antonio, TX 78245, USA
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- Rosentiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Centre, Waltham, Massachusetts
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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Hutton RD, Craggs TD, White MF, Penedo JC. PCNA and XPF cooperate to distort DNA substrates. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 38:1664-75. [PMID: 20008103 PMCID: PMC2836553 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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XPF is a structure-specific endonuclease that preferentially cleaves 3′ DNA flaps during a variety of repair processes. The crystal structure of a crenarchaeal XPF protein bound to a DNA duplex yielded insights into how XPF might recognise branched DNA structures, and recent kinetic data have demonstrated that the sliding clamp PCNA acts as an essential cofactor, possibly by allowing XPF to distort the DNA structure into a proper conformation for efficient cleavage to occur. Here, we investigate the solution structure of the 3′-flap substrate bound to XPF in the presence and absence of PCNA using intramolecular Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET). We demonstrate that recognition of the flap substrate by XPF involves major conformational changes of the DNA, including a 90° kink of the DNA duplex and organization of the single-stranded flap. In the presence of PCNA, there is a further substantial reorganization of the flap substrate bound to XPF, providing a structural basis for the observation that PCNA has an essential catalytic role in this system. The wider implications of these observations for the plethora of PCNA-dependent enzymes are discussed.
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- Richard D Hutton
- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences and School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK
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Lou X, Xiao Y, Wang Y, Mao H, Zhao J. Label-Free Colorimetric Screening of Nuclease Activity and Substrates by Using Unmodified Gold Nanoparticles. Chembiochem 2009; 10:1973-7. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200900355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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