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BRCA2 Promotes Spontaneous Homologous Recombination In Vivo. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13153663. [PMID: 34359565 PMCID: PMC8345144 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13153663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 07/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND BRCA2 is known to be a tumor suppressor involved in homologous recombination repair and presumed to prevent genome instability in normal tissues prior to the development of tumors. Typical assessment of BRCA2 deficiency on the genome involves cell-based models using cancer cells with mixed genetic contexts, but the role in normal tissue in vivo has not been clearly demonstrated. METHODS Using conditional deletion of Brca2 exon 11, the region containing all eight BRC repeats, in the retinal pigment epithelium and the pink-eyed unstable mouse model, we evaluate the frequency of DNA deletion events. RESULTS In the current study, we show that conditional loss of Brca2 exon 11 results in a decreased frequency of spontaneous homologous recombination compared to wild-type mice. Of note, we observe no apparent concomitant increase in events that indicate single-strand annealing by the pink-eyed unstable mouse model. CONCLUSIONS Therefore, our results demonstrate that BRCA2, as expected, is required for high-fidelity homologous recombination DNA repair in normal tissues, here in a tissue undergoing normal proliferation through normal development.
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Learning Yeast Genetics from Miro Radman. Cells 2021; 10:cells10040945. [PMID: 33923882 PMCID: PMC8072546 DOI: 10.3390/cells10040945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Miroslav Radman's far-sighted ideas have penetrated many aspects of our study of the repair of broken eukaryotic chromosomes. For over 35 years my lab has studied different aspects of the repair of chromosomal breaks in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. From the start, we have made what we thought were novel observations that turned out to have been predicted by Miro's extraordinary work in the bacterium Escherichia coli and then later in the radiation-resistant Dienococcus radiodurans. In some cases, we have been able to extend some of his ideas a bit further.
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PCNA SUMOylation protects against PCNA polyubiquitination-mediated, Rad59-dependent, spontaneous, intrachromosomal gene conversion. Mutat Res 2016; 791-792:10-18. [PMID: 27505077 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2016.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Homologous recombination is crucial in both the maintenance of genome stability and the generation of genetic diversity. Recently, multiple aspects of the recombination machinery functioning at arrested DNA replication forks have been established, yet the roles of diverse modifications of PCNA, the key platform organizing the replication complex, in intrachromosomal recombination have not been comprehensively elucidated. Here, we report how PCNA SUMOylation and/or polyubiquitination affects recombination between direct repeats in S. cerevisiae. Our results show that these PCNA modifications primarily affect gene conversion, whereas their effect on the recombination-mediated deletion of intervening sequence is much less obvious. Siz1-dependent PCNA SUMOylation strongly limits Rad52/Rad51/Rad59-dependent gene conversion. A 5- to 10-fold increase in the frequency of such recombination events is observed in Siz1-defective strains, but this increase is fully suppressed when PCNA polyubiquitination is also compromised. PCNA polyubiquitination can stimulate gene conversion in both PCNA SUMOylation-proficient and SUMOylation-deficient strains. On the other hand, in PCNA polyubiquitination-deficient strains, the lack of PCNA SUMOylation does not affect GC levels. Therefore, we postulate that the antirecombinogenic activity of Siz1 mainly concerns recombination induced by PCNA polyubiquitination. In the absence of PCNA SUMOylation, the frequency of PCNA polyubiquitination-mediated gene conversion is not only increased, but it is also channeled into the Rad59-dependent pathway. Additionally, we show a weak inhibitory effect of Rad5 on Rad52/Rad59-directed single-strand annealing.
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Jain S, Sugawara N, Haber JE. Role of Double-Strand Break End-Tethering during Gene Conversion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005976. [PMID: 27074148 PMCID: PMC4830573 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Correct repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is critical for maintaining genome stability. Whereas gene conversion (GC)-mediated repair is mostly error-free, repair by break-induced replication (BIR) is associated with non-reciprocal translocations and loss of heterozygosity. We have previously shown that a Recombination Execution Checkpoint (REC) mediates this competition by preventing the BIR pathway from acting on DSBs that can be repaired by GC. Here, we asked if the REC can also determine whether the ends that are engaged in a GC-compatible configuration belong to the same break, since repair involving ends from different breaks will produce potentially deleterious translocations. We report that the kinetics of repair are markedly delayed when the two DSB ends that participate in GC belong to different DSBs (termed Trans) compared to the case when both DSB ends come from the same break (Cis). However, repair in Trans still occurs by GC rather than BIR, and the overall efficiency of repair is comparable. Hence, the REC is not sensitive to the "origin" of the DSB ends. When the homologous ends for GC are in Trans, the delay in repair appears to reflect their tethering to sequences on the other side of the DSB that themselves recombine with other genomic locations with which they share sequence homology. These data support previous observations that the two ends of a DSB are usually tethered to each other and that this tethering facilitates both ends encountering the same donor sequence. We also found that the presence of homeologous/repetitive sequences in the vicinity of a DSB can distract the DSB end from finding its bona fide homologous donor, and that inhibition of GC by such homeologous sequences is markedly increased upon deleting Sgs1 but not Msh6.
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- Suvi Jain
- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Medical Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Medical Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Medical Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Homology-dependent exchange of genetic information between DNA molecules has a profound impact on the maintenance of genome integrity by facilitating error-free DNA repair, replication, and chromosome segregation during cell division as well as programmed cell developmental events. This chapter will focus on homologous mitotic recombination in budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, there is an important link between mitotic and meiotic recombination (covered in the forthcoming chapter by Hunter et al. 2015) and many of the functions are evolutionarily conserved. Here we will discuss several models that have been proposed to explain the mechanism of mitotic recombination, the genes and proteins involved in various pathways, the genetic and physical assays used to discover and study these genes, and the roles of many of these proteins inside the cell.
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Genetic interactions among homologous recombination mutants in Candida albicans. Fungal Genet Biol 2015; 74:10-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pardo B, Aguilera A. Complex chromosomal rearrangements mediated by break-induced replication involve structure-selective endonucleases. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002979. [PMID: 23071463 PMCID: PMC3459980 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2011] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair occurring in repeated DNA sequences often leads to the generation of chromosomal rearrangements. Homologous recombination normally ensures a faithful repair of DSBs through a mechanism that transfers the genetic information of an intact donor template to the broken molecule. When only one DSB end shares homology to the donor template, conventional gene conversion fails to occur and repair can be channeled to a recombination-dependent replication pathway termed break-induced replication (BIR), which is prone to produce chromosome non-reciprocal translocations (NRTs), a classical feature of numerous human cancers. Using a newly designed substrate for the analysis of DSB-induced chromosomal translocations, we show that Mus81 and Yen1 structure-selective endonucleases (SSEs) promote BIR, thus causing NRTs. We propose that Mus81 and Yen1 are recruited at the strand invasion intermediate to allow the establishment of a replication fork, which is required to complete BIR. Replication template switching during BIR, a feature of this pathway, engenders complex chromosomal rearrangements when using repeated DNA sequences dispersed over the genome. We demonstrate here that Mus81 and Yen1, together with Slx4, also promote template switching during BIR. Altogether, our study provides evidence for a role of SSEs at multiple steps during BIR, thus participating in the destabilization of the genome by generating complex chromosomal rearrangements.
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
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Branzei D. Ubiquitin family modifications and template switching. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:2810-7. [PMID: 21539841 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.04.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2011] [Revised: 04/21/2011] [Accepted: 04/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Homologous recombination plays an important role in the maintenance of genome integrity. Arrested forks and DNA lesions trigger strand annealing events, called template switching, which can provide for accurate damage bypass, but can also lead to chromosome rearrangements. Advances have been made in understanding the underlying mechanisms for these events and in elucidating the factors involved. Ubiquitin- and SUMO-mediated modification pathways have emerged as key players in regulating damage-induced template switching. Here I review the biological significance of template switching at the nexus of DNA replication and recombination, and the role of ubiquitin-like modifications in mediating and controlling this process.
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- Dana Branzei
- Fondazione IFOM, Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, IFOM-IEO Campus, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy.
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Mott C, Symington LS. RAD51-independent inverted-repeat recombination by a strand-annealing mechanism. DNA Repair (Amst) 2011; 10:408-15. [PMID: 21317047 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Revised: 01/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/12/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Recombination between inverted repeats is RAD52 dependent, but reduced only modestly in the rad51Δ mutant. RAD59 is required for RAD51-independent inverted-repeat recombination, but no clear mechanism for how recombination occurs in the absence of RAD51 has emerged. Because Rad59 is thought to function as an accessory factor for the single-strand annealing activity of Rad52 one possible mechanism for spontaneous recombination could be by strand annealing between repeats at a stalled replication fork. Here we demonstrate the importance of the Rad52 single-strand annealing activity for generating recombinants by showing suppression of the rad52Δ, rad51Δ rad52Δ and rad52Δ rad59Δ inverted-repeat recombination defects by the rfa1-D228Y mutation. In addition, formation of recombinants in the rad51Δ mutant was sensitive to the distance between the inverted repeats, consistent with a replication-based mechanism. Deletion of RAD5 or RAD18, which are required for error-free post-replication repair, reduced the recombination rate in the rad59Δ mutant, but not in wild type. These data are consistent with RAD51-independent recombinants arising by a faulty template switch mechanism that is distinct from nascent strand template switching.
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- Christina Mott
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, 701 W. 168th St, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Lyndaker AM, Alani E. A tale of tails: insights into the coordination of 3' end processing during homologous recombination. Bioessays 2009; 31:315-21. [PMID: 19260026 DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Eukaryotic genomes harbor a large number of homologous repeat sequences that are capable of recombining. Their potential to disrupt genome stability highlights the need to understand how homologous recombination processes are coordinated. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad1-Rad10 endonuclease performs an essential role in recombination between repeated sequences, by processing 3' single-stranded intermediates formed during single-strand annealing and gene conversion events. Several recent studies have focused on factors involved in Rad1-Rad10-dependent removal of 3' nonhomologous tails during homologous recombination, including Msh2-Msh3, Slx4, and the newly identified Saw1 protein. Together, this new work provides a model for how Rad1-Rad10-dependent end processing is coordinated: Msh2-Msh3 stabilizes and prepares double-strand/single-strand junctions for Rad1-Rad10 cleavage, Saw1 recruits Rad1-Rad10 to 3' tails, and Slx4 mediates crosstalk between the DNA damage checkpoint machinery and Rad1-Rad10.
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- Amy M Lyndaker
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Moore DM, Karlin J, González-Barrera S, Mardiros A, Lisby M, Doughty A, Gilley J, Rothstein R, Friedberg EC, Fischhaber PL. Rad10 exhibits lesion-dependent genetic requirements for recruitment to DNA double-strand breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:6429-38. [PMID: 19729509 PMCID: PMC2770674 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp709] [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] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Rad1–Rad10 protein complex participates in nucleotide excision repair (NER) and homologous recombination (HR). During HR, the Rad1–Rad10 endonuclease cleaves 3′ branches of DNA and aberrant 3′ DNA ends that are refractory to other 3′ processing enzymes. Here we show that yeast strains expressing fluorescently labeled Rad10 protein (Rad10-YFP) form foci in response to double-strand breaks (DSBs) induced by a site-specific restriction enzyme, I-SceI or by ionizing radiation (IR). Additionally, for endonuclease-induced DSBs, Rad10-YFP localization to DSB sites depends on both RAD51 and RAD52, but not MRE11 while IR-induced breaks do not require RAD51. Finally, Rad10-YFP colocalizes with Rad51-CFP and with Rad52-CFP at DSB sites, indicating a temporal overlap of Rad52, Rad51 and Rad10 functions at DSBs. These observations are consistent with a putative role of Rad10 protein in excising overhanging DNA ends after homology searching and refine the potential role(s) of the Rad1–Rad10 complex in DSB repair in yeast.
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- Destaye M Moore
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Northridge, CA 91330-8262, USA
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Chromosomal translocations caused by either pol32-dependent or pol32-independent triparental break-induced replication. Mol Cell Biol 2009; 29:5441-54. [PMID: 19651902 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00256-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Double-strand breaks (DSBs) are harmful DNA lesions that can generate chromosomal rearrangements or chromosome losses if not properly repaired. Despite their association with a number of genetic diseases and cancer, the mechanisms by which DSBs cause rearrangements remain unknown. Using a newly developed experimental assay for the analysis of translocations occurring between two chromosomes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we found that a single DSB located on one chromosome uses a short homologous sequence found in a third chromosome as a bridge to complete DSB repair, leading to chromosomal translocations. Such translocations are dramatically reduced when the short homologous sequence on the third chromosome is deleted. Translocations rely on homologous recombination (HR) proteins, such as Rad51, Rad52, and Rad59, as well as on the break-induced replication-specific protein Pol32 and on Srs2, but not on Ku70. Our results indicate that a single chromosomal DSB efficiently searches for short homologous sequences throughout the genome for its repair, leading to triparental translocations between heterologous chromosomes. Given the abundance of repetitive DNA in eukaryotic genomes, the results of this study open the possibility that HR rather than nonhomologous end joining may be a major source of chromosomal translocations.
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INO80-dependent chromatin remodeling regulates early and late stages of mitotic homologous recombination. DNA Repair (Amst) 2009; 8:360-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2008] [Revised: 11/14/2008] [Accepted: 11/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Jain S, Sugawara N, Lydeard J, Vaze M, Tanguy Le Gac N, Haber JE. A recombination execution checkpoint regulates the choice of homologous recombination pathway during DNA double-strand break repair. Genes Dev 2009; 23:291-303. [PMID: 19204116 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1751209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A DNA double-strand break (DSB) is repaired by gene conversion (GC) if both ends of the DSB share homology with an intact DNA sequence. However, if homology is limited to only one of the DSB ends, repair occurs by break-induced replication (BIR). It is not known how the homology status of the DSB ends is first assessed and what other parameters govern the choice between these repair pathways. Our data suggest that a "recombination execution checkpoint" (REC) regulates the choice of the homologous recombination pathway employed to repair a given DSB. This choice is made prior to the initiation of DNA synthesis, and is dependent on the relative position and orientation of the homologous sequences used for repair. The RecQ family helicase Sgs1 plays a key role in regulating the choice of the recombination pathway. Surprisingly, break repair and gap repair are fundamentally different processes, both kinetically and genetically, as Pol32 is required only for gap repair. We propose that the REC may have evolved to preserve genome integrity by promoting conservative repair, especially when a DSB occurs within a repeated sequence.
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- Suvi Jain
- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Medical Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachuetts 02454, USA
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Downing B, Morgan R, VanHulle K, Deem A, Malkova A. Large inverted repeats in the vicinity of a single double-strand break strongly affect repair in yeast diploids lacking Rad51. Mutat Res 2008; 645:9-18. [PMID: 18755201 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2008.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Revised: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are critical lesions that can lead to cell death or chromosomal rearrangements. Rad51 is necessary for most mitotic and meiotic DSB repair events, although a number of RAD51-independent pathways exist. Previously, we described DSB repair in rad51Delta yeast diploids that was stimulated by a DNA region termed "facilitator of break-induced replication" (FBI) located approximately 30kb from the site of an HO-induced DSB. Here, we demonstrate that FBI is a large inverted DNA repeat that channels the repair of DSBs into the single-strand annealing-gross chromosomal rearrangements (SSA-GCR) pathway. Further, analysis of DSB repair in rad54Delta cells allowed us to propose that the SSA-GCR repair pathway is suppressed in the presence of Rad51p. Therefore, an additional role of Rad51 might be to protect eukaryotic genomes from instabilities by preventing chromosomal rearrangements.
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- Brandon Downing
- Department of Biology, School of Science, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5132, USA
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Mutants defective in Rad1-Rad10-Slx4 exhibit a unique pattern of viability during mating-type switching in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2008; 179:1807-21. [PMID: 18579504 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.090654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Efficient repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) requires the coordination of checkpoint signaling and enzymatic repair functions. To study these processes during gene conversion at a single chromosomal break, we monitored mating-type switching in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains defective in the Rad1-Rad10-Slx4 complex. Rad1-Rad10 is a structure-specific endonuclease that removes 3' nonhomologous single-stranded ends that are generated during many recombination events. Slx4 is a known target of the DNA damage response that forms a complex with Rad1-Rad10 and is critical for 3'-end processing during repair of DSBs by single-strand annealing. We found that mutants lacking an intact Rad1-Rad10-Slx4 complex displayed RAD9- and MAD2-dependent cell cycle delays and decreased viability during mating-type switching. In particular, these mutants exhibited a unique pattern of dead and switched daughter cells arising from the same DSB-containing cell. Furthermore, we observed that mutations in post-replicative lesion bypass factors (mms2Delta, mph1Delta) resulted in decreased viability during mating-type switching and conferred shorter cell cycle delays in rad1Delta mutants. We conclude that Rad1-Rad10-Slx4 promotes efficient repair during gene conversion events involving a single 3' nonhomologous tail and propose that the rad1Delta and slx4Delta mutant phenotypes result from inefficient repair of a lesion at the MAT locus that is bypassed by replication-mediated repair.
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Wu Y, Kantake N, Sugiyama T, Kowalczykowski SC. Rad51 protein controls Rad52-mediated DNA annealing. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:14883-92. [PMID: 18337252 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801097200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Rad52 protein plays an essential role in the repair of DNA double-stranded breaks (DSBs). Rad52 and its orthologs possess the unique capacity to anneal single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) complexed with its cognate ssDNA-binding protein, RPA. This annealing activity is used in multiple mechanisms of DSB repair: single-stranded annealing, synthesis-dependent strand annealing, and cross-over formation. Here we report that the S. cerevisiae DNA strand exchange protein, Rad51, prevents Rad52-mediated annealing of complementary ssDNA. Efficient inhibition is ATP-dependent and involves a specific interaction between Rad51 and Rad52. Free Rad51 can limit DNA annealing by Rad52, but the Rad51 nucleoprotein filament is even more effective. We also discovered that the budding yeast Rad52 paralog, Rad59 protein, partially restores Rad52-dependent DNA annealing in the presence of Rad51, suggesting that Rad52 and Rad59 function coordinately to enhance recombinational DNA repair either by directing the processed DSBs to repair by DNA strand annealing or by promoting second end capture to form a double Holliday junction. This regulation of Rad52-mediated annealing suggests a control function for Rad51 in deciding the recombination path taken for a processed DNA break; the ssDNA can be directed to either Rad51-mediated DNA strand invasion or to Rad52-mediated DNA annealing. This channeling determines the nature of the subsequent repair process and is consistent with the observed competition between these pathways in vivo.
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- Yun Wu
- Sections of Microbiology and of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8665, USA
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Rad51-independent interchromosomal double-strand break repair by gene conversion requires Rad52 but not Rad55, Rad57, or Dmc1. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 28:897-906. [PMID: 18039855 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00524-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR) is critical for DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair and genome stabilization. In yeast, HR is catalyzed by the Rad51 strand transferase and its "mediators," including the Rad52 single-strand DNA-annealing protein, two Rad51 paralogs (Rad55 and Rad57), and Rad54. A Rad51 homolog, Dmc1, is important for meiotic HR. In wild-type cells, most DSB repair results in gene conversion, a conservative HR outcome. Because Rad51 plays a central role in the homology search and strand invasion steps, DSBs either are not repaired or are repaired by nonconservative single-strand annealing or break-induced replication mechanisms in rad51Delta mutants. Although DSB repair by gene conversion in the absence of Rad51 has been reported for ectopic HR events (e.g., inverted repeats or between plasmids), Rad51 has been thought to be essential for DSB repair by conservative interchromosomal (allelic) gene conversion. Here, we demonstrate that DSBs stimulate gene conversion between homologous chromosomes (allelic conversion) by >30-fold in a rad51Delta mutant. We show that Rad51-independent allelic conversion and break-induced replication occur independently of Rad55, Rad57, and Dmc1 but require Rad52. Unlike DSB-induced events, spontaneous allelic conversion was detected in both rad51Delta and rad52Delta mutants, but not in a rad51Delta rad52Delta double mutant. The frequencies of crossovers associated with DSB-induced gene conversion were similar in the wild type and the rad51Delta mutant, but discontinuous conversion tracts were fivefold more frequent and tract lengths were more widely distributed in the rad51Delta mutant, indicating that heteroduplex DNA has an altered structure, or is processed differently, in the absence of Rad51.
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Cortés-Ledesma F, Tous C, Aguilera A. Different genetic requirements for repair of replication-born double-strand breaks by sister-chromatid recombination and break-induced replication. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:6560-70. [PMID: 17905819 PMCID: PMC2095809 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR) is the major mechanism used to repair double-strand breaks (DSBs) that result from replication, but a study of repair of DSBs specifically induced during S-phase is lacking. Using an inverted-repeat assay in which a DSB is generated by the encountering of the replication fork with nicks, we can physically detect repair by sister-chromatid recombination (SCR) and intra-chromatid break-induced replication (IC-BIR). As expected, both events depend on Rad52, but, in contrast to previous data, both require Rad59, suggesting a prominent role of Rad59 in repair of replication-born DSBs. In the absence of Rad51, SCR is severely affected while IC-BIR increases, a phenotype that is also observed in the absence of Rad54 but not of its paralog Rdh54/Tid1. These data are consistent with SCR occurring by Rad51-dependent mechanisms assisted by Rad54, and indicate that in the absence of strand exchange-dependent SCR, breaks can be channeled to IC-BIR, which works efficiently in the absence of Rad51. Our study provides molecular evidence for inversions between repeats occurring by BIR followed by single-strand annealing (SSA) in the absence of strand exchange.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +34 954 468 372+34 954 461 664
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Yamana Y, Maeda T, Ohba H, Usui T, Ogawa HI, Kusano K. Regulation of homologous integration in yeast by the DNA repair proteins Ku70 and RecQ. Mol Genet Genomics 2005; 273:167-76. [PMID: 15803320 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-005-1108-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2004] [Accepted: 01/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The product of the BLM gene, which is mutated in Bloom syndrome in humans, and the Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein Sgs1 are both homologous to the Escherichia coli DNA helicase RecQ, and have been shown to be involved in the regulation of homologous recombination. Mutations in these genes result in genome instability because they increase the incidence of deletions and translocations. We present evidence for a genetic interaction between SGS1 and YKU70, which encodes the S. cerevisiae homologue of the human DNA helicase Ku70. In a yku70 mutant background, sgs1 mutations increased sensitivity to DNA breakage induced either by treatment with camptothecin or by the expression of the restriction enzyme EcoRI. The yku70 mutation caused a fourfold increase in the rate of double-strand break (DSB)-induced target integration as that seen in the sgs1 mutant. The combination of yku70 and sgs1 mutations additively increased the rate of the targeted integration, and this effect was completely suppressed by deletion of RAD51. Interestingly, an extra copy of YKU70 partially suppressed the increase in targeted integration seen in the sgs1 single mutant. These results suggest that Yku70 modulates the repair of DSBs associated with homologous recombination in a different way from Sgs1, and that the inactivation of RecQ and Ku70 homologues may enhance the frequency of gene targeting in higher eukaryotes.
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- Yoshimasa Yamana
- Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu, 808-0196, Japan
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Tsukamoto M, Yamashita K, Miyazaki T, Shinohara M, Shinohara A. The N-terminal DNA-binding domain of Rad52 promotes RAD51-independent recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2004; 165:1703-15. [PMID: 14704160 PMCID: PMC1462901 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/165.4.1703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Rad52 protein plays a role in both RAD51-dependent and RAD51-independent recombination pathways. We characterized a rad52 mutant, rad52-329, which lacks the C-terminal Rad51-interacting domain, and studied its role in RAD51-independent recombination. The rad52-329 mutant is completely defective in mating-type switching, but partially proficient in recombination between inverted repeats. We also analyzed the effect of the rad52-329 mutant on telomere recombination. Yeast cells lacking telomerase maintain telomere length by recombination. The rad52-329 mutant is deficient in RAD51-dependent telomere recombination, but is proficient in RAD51-independent telomere recombination. In addition, we examined the roles of other recombination genes in the telomere recombination. The RAD51-independent recombination in the rad52-329 mutant is promoted by a paralogue of Rad52, Rad59. All components of the Rad50-Mre11-Xrs2 complex are also important, but not essential, for RAD51-independent telomere recombination. Interestingly, RAD51 inhibits the RAD51-independent, RAD52-dependent telomere recombination. These findings indicate that Rad52 itself, and more precisely its N-terminal DNA-binding domain, promote an essential reaction in recombination in the absence of RAD51.
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- Mariko Tsukamoto
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Ira G, Malkova A, Liberi G, Foiani M, Haber JE. Srs2 and Sgs1-Top3 suppress crossovers during double-strand break repair in yeast. Cell 2004; 115:401-11. [PMID: 14622595 PMCID: PMC4493758 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00886-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 461] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Very few gene conversions in mitotic cells are associated with crossovers, suggesting that these events are regulated. This may be important for the maintenance of genetic stability. We have analyzed the relationship between homologous recombination and crossing-over in haploid budding yeast and identified factors involved in the regulation of crossover outcomes. Gene conversions unaccompanied by a crossover appear 30 min before conversions accompanied by exchange, indicating that there are two different repair mechanisms in mitotic cells. Crossovers are rare (5%), but deleting the BLM/WRN homolog, SGS1, or the SRS2 helicase increases crossovers 2- to 3-fold. Overexpressing SRS2 nearly eliminates crossovers, whereas overexpression of RAD51 in srs2Delta cells almost completely eliminates the noncrossover recombination pathway. We suggest Sgs1 and its associated topoisomerase Top3 remove double Holliday junction intermediates from a crossover-producing repair pathway, thereby reducing crossovers. Srs2 promotes the noncrossover synthesis-dependent strand-annealing (SDSA) pathway, apparently by regulating Rad51 binding during strand exchange.
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- Grzegorz Ira
- Rosenstiel Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
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- Rosenstiel Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
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- Istituto F.I.R.C. di Oncologia Molecolare, Via Serio 21, 20141 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Genetica e di Biologia dei Microrganismi, Universita degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Istituto F.I.R.C. di Oncologia Molecolare, Via Serio 21, 20141 Milano, Italy
- Dipartimento di Genetica e di Biologia dei Microrganismi, Universita degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Rosenstiel Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
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Spell RM, Jinks-Robertson S. Role of Mismatch Repair in the Fidelity ofRAD51- andRAD59-Dependent Recombination inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2003; 165:1733-44. [PMID: 14704162 PMCID: PMC1462911 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/165.4.1733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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AbstractTo prevent genome instability, recombination between sequences that contain mismatches (homeologous recombination) is suppressed by the mismatch repair (MMR) pathway. To understand the interactions necessary for this regulation, the genetic requirements for the inhibition of homeologous recombination were examined using mutants in the RAD52 epistasis group of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The use of a chromosomal inverted-repeat recombination assay to measure spontaneous recombination between 91 and 100% identical sequences demonstrated differences in the fidelity of recombination in pathways defined by their dependence on RAD51 and RAD59. In addition, the regulation of homeologous recombination in rad51 and rad59 mutants displayed distinct patterns of inhibition by different members of the MMR pathway. Whereas the requirements for the MutS homolog, MSH2, and the MutL homolog, MLH1, in the suppression of homeologous recombination were similar in rad51 strains, the loss of MSH2 caused a greater loss in homeologous recombination suppression than did the loss of MLH1 in a rad59 strain. The nonequivalence of the regulatory patterns in the wild-type and mutant strains suggests an overlap between the roles of the RAD51 and RAD59 gene products in potential cooperative recombination mechanisms used in wild-type cells.
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González-Barrera S, Cortés-Ledesma F, Wellinger RE, Aguilera A. Equal sister chromatid exchange is a major mechanism of double-strand break repair in yeast. Mol Cell 2003; 11:1661-71. [PMID: 12820977 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(03)00183-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Equal sister chromatid exchange (SCE) has been thought to be an important mechanism of double-strand break (DSB) repair in eukaryotes, but this has never been proven due to the difficulty of distinguishing SCE products from parental molecules. To evaluate the biological relevance of equal SCE in DSB repair and to understand the underlying molecular mechanism, we developed recombination substrates for the analysis of DSB repair by SCE in yeast. In these substrates, most breaks are limited to one chromatid, allowing the intact sister chromatid to serve as the repair template; both equal and unequal SCE can be detected. We show that equal SCE is a major mechanism of DSB repair, is Rad51 dependent, and is stimulated by Rad59 and Mre11. Our work provides a physical analysis of mitotically occurring SCE in vivo and opens new perspectives for the study and understanding of DSB repair in eukaryotes.
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- Sergio González-Barrera
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville, Spain
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Prudden J, Evans JS, Hussey SP, Deans B, O’Neill P, Thacker J, Humphrey T. Pathway utilization in response to a site-specific DNA double-strand break in fission yeast. EMBO J 2003; 22:1419-30. [PMID: 12628934 PMCID: PMC151045 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We have examined the genetic requirements for efficient repair of a site-specific DNA double-strand break (DSB) in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Tech nology was developed in which a unique DSB could be generated in a non-essential minichromosome, Ch(16), using the Saccharomyces cerevisiae HO-endonuclease and its target site, MATa. DSB repair in this context was predominantly through interchromosomal gene conversion. We found that the homologous recombination (HR) genes rhp51(+), rad22A(+), rad32(+) and the nucleotide excision repair gene rad16(+) were required for efficient interchromosomal gene conversion. Further, DSB-induced cell cycle delay and efficient HR required the DNA integrity checkpoint gene rad3(+). Rhp55 was required for interchromosomal gene conversion; however, an alternative DSB repair mechanism was used in an rhp55Delta background involving ku70(+) and rhp51(+). Surprisingly, DSB-induced minichromosome loss was significantly reduced in ku70Delta and lig4Delta non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) mutant backgrounds compared with wild type. Furthermore, roles for Ku70 and Lig4 were identified in suppressing DSB-induced chromosomal rearrangements associated with gene conversion. These findings are consistent with both competitive and cooperative interactions between components of the HR and NHEJ pathways.
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- MRC Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Harwell, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0RD, UK
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Schmuckli-Maurer J, Rolfsmeier M, Nguyen H, Heyer WD. Genome instability in rad54 mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:1013-23. [PMID: 12560498 PMCID: PMC149210 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The RAD54 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a conserved dsDNA-dependent ATPase of the Swi2/Snf2 family with a specialized function during recombinational DNA repair. Here we analyzed the consequences of the loss of Rad54 function in vegetative (mitotic) cells. Mutants in RAD54 exhibited drastically reduced rates of spontaneous intragenic recombination but were proficient for spontaneous intergenic recombinant formation. The intergenic recombinants likely arose by a RAD54-independent pathway of break-induced replication. Significantly increased rates of spontaneous chromosome loss for diploid rad54/rad54 cells were identified in several independent assays. Inter estingly, the increase in chromosome loss appeared to depend on the presence of a homolog. In addition, the rate of complex genetic events involving chromosome loss were drastically increased in diploid rad54/rad54 cells. Together, these data suggest a role for Rad54 protein in the repair of spontaneous damage, where in the absence of Rad54 protein, homologous recombination is initiated but not properly terminated, leading to misrepair and chromosome loss.
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Symington LS. Role of RAD52 epistasis group genes in homologous recombination and double-strand break repair. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2002; 66:630-70, table of contents. [PMID: 12456786 PMCID: PMC134659 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.66.4.630-670.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 790] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The process of homologous recombination is a major DNA repair pathway that operates on DNA double-strand breaks, and possibly other kinds of DNA lesions, to promote error-free repair. Central to the process of homologous recombination are the RAD52 group genes (RAD50, RAD51, RAD52, RAD54, RDH54/TID1, RAD55, RAD57, RAD59, MRE11, and XRS2), most of which were identified by their requirement for the repair of ionizing-radiation-induced DNA damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The Rad52 group proteins are highly conserved among eukaryotes, and Rad51, Mre11, and Rad50 are also conserved in prokaryotes and archaea. Recent studies showing defects in homologous recombination and double-strand break repair in several human cancer-prone syndromes have emphasized the importance of this repair pathway in maintaining genome integrity. Although sensitivity to ionizing radiation is a universal feature of rad52 group mutants, the mutants show considerable heterogeneity in different assays for recombinational repair of double-strand breaks and spontaneous mitotic recombination. Herein, I provide an overview of recent biochemical and structural analyses of the Rad52 group proteins and discuss how this information can be incorporated into genetic studies of recombination.
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- Lorraine S Symington
- Department of Microbiology and Institute of Cancer Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Rattray AJ, Shafer BK, McGill CB, Strathern JN. The roles of REV3 and RAD57 in double-strand-break-repair-induced mutagenesis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2002; 162:1063-77. [PMID: 12454056 PMCID: PMC1462323 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/162.3.1063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The DNA synthesis associated with recombinational repair of chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) has a lower fidelity than normal replicative DNA synthesis. Here, we use an inverted-repeat substrate to monitor the fidelity of repair of a site-specific DSB. DSB induction made by the HO endonuclease stimulates recombination >5000-fold and is associated with a >1000-fold increase in mutagenesis of an adjacent gene. We demonstrate that most break-repair-induced mutations (BRIMs) are point mutations and have a higher proportion of frameshifts than do spontaneous mutations of the same substrate. Although the REV3 translesion DNA polymerase is not required for recombination, it introduces approximately 75% of the BRIMs and approximately 90% of the base substitution mutations. Recombinational repair of the DSB is strongly dependent upon genes of the RAD52 epistasis group; however, the residual recombinants present in rad57 mutants are associated with a 5- to 20-fold increase in BRIMs. The spectrum of mutations in rad57 mutants is similar to that seen in the wild-type strain and is similarly affected by REV3. We also find that REV3 is required for the repair of MMS-induced lesions when recombinational repair is compromised. Our data suggest that Rad55p/Rad57p help limit the generation of substrates that require pol zeta during recombination.
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- Alison J Rattray
- Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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González-Barrera S, García-Rubio M, Aguilera A. Transcription and double-strand breaks induce similar mitotic recombination events in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2002; 162:603-14. [PMID: 12399375 PMCID: PMC1462300 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/162.2.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We have made a comparative analysis of double-strand-break (DSB)-induced recombination and spontaneous recombination under low- and high-transcription conditions in yeast. We constructed two different recombination substrates, one for the analysis of intermolecular gene conversions and the other for intramolecular gene conversions and inversions. Such substrates were based on the same leu2-HOr allele fused to the tet promoter and containing a 21-bp HO site. Gene conversions and inversions were differently affected by rad1, rad51, rad52, and rad59 single and double mutations, consistent with the actual view that such events occur by different recombination mechanisms. However, the effect of each mutation on each type of recombination event was the same, whether associated with transcription or induced by the HO-mediated DSB. Both the highly transcribed DNA and the HO-cut sequence acted as recipients of the gene conversion events. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that transcription promotes initiation of recombination along the DNA sequence being transcribed. The similarity between transcription-associated and DSB-induced recombination suggests that transcription promotes DNA breaks.
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Ira G, Haber JE. Characterization of RAD51-independent break-induced replication that acts preferentially with short homologous sequences. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:6384-92. [PMID: 12192038 PMCID: PMC135638 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.18.6384-6392.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Repair of double-strand breaks by gene conversions between homologous sequences located on different Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosomes or plasmids requires RAD51. When repair occurs between inverted repeats of the same plasmid, both RAD51-dependent and RAD51-independent repairs are found. Completion of RAD51-independent plasmid repair events requires RAD52, RAD50, RAD59, TID1 (RDH54), and SRS2 and appears to involve break-induced replication coupled to single-strand annealing. Surprisingly, RAD51-independent recombination requires much less homology (30 bp) for strand invasion than does RAD51-dependent repair (approximately 100 bp); in fact, the presence of Rad51p impairs recombination with short homology. The differences between the RAD51- and RAD50/RAD59-dependent pathways account for the distinct ways that two different recombination processes maintain yeast telomeres in the absence of telomerase.
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- Grzegorz Ira
- Rosenstiel Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachussetts 02454-9110, USA
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Freedman JA, Jinks-Robertson S. Genetic Requirements for Spontaneous and Transcription-Stimulated Mitotic Recombination inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2002; 162:15-27. [PMID: 12242220 PMCID: PMC1462249 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/162.1.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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AbstractThe genetic requirements for spontaneous and transcription-stimulated mitotic recombination were determined using a recombination system that employs heterochromosomal lys2 substrates that can recombine only by crossover or only by gene conversion. The substrates were fused either to a constitutive low-level promoter (pLYS) or to a highly inducible promoter (pGAL). In the case of the “conversion-only” substrates the use of heterologous promoters allowed either the donor or the recipient allele to be highly transcribed. Transcription of the donor allele stimulated gene conversions in rad50, rad51, rad54, and rad59 mutants, but not in rad52, rad55, and rad57 mutants. In contrast, transcription of the recipient allele stimulated gene conversions in rad50, rad51, rad54, rad55, rad57, and rad59 mutants, but not in rad52 mutants. Finally, transcription stimulated crossovers in rad50, rad54, and rad59 mutants, but not in rad51, rad52, rad55, and rad57 mutants. These data are considered in relation to previously proposed molecular mechanisms of transcription-stimulated recombination and in relation to the roles of the recombination proteins.
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- Jennifer A Freedman
- Graduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
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Stark JM, Hu P, Pierce AJ, Moynahan ME, Ellis N, Jasin M. ATP hydrolysis by mammalian RAD51 has a key role during homology-directed DNA repair. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:20185-94. [PMID: 11923292 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112132200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Disruption of the gene encoding RAD51, the protein that catalyzes strand exchange during homologous recombination, leads to the accumulation of chromosome breaks and lethality in vertebrate cells. As RAD51 is implicated in BRCA1- and BRCA2-mediated tumor suppression as well as cellular viability, we have begun a functional analysis of a defined RAD51 mutation in mammalian cells. By using a dominant negative approach, we generated a mouse embryonic stem cell line that expresses an ATP hydrolysis-defective RAD51 protein, hRAD51-K133R, at comparable levels to the endogenous wild-type RAD51 protein, whose expression is retained in these cells. We found that these cells have increased sensitivity to the DNA-damaging agents mitomycin C and ionizing radiation and also exhibit a decreased rate of spontaneous sister-chromatid exchange. By using a reporter for the repair of a single chromosomal double-strand break, we also found that expression of the hRAD51-K133R protein specifically inhibits homology-directed double-strand break repair. Furthermore, expression of a BRC repeat from BRCA2, a peptide inhibitor of an early step necessary for strand exchange, exacerbates the inhibition of homology-directed repair in the hRAD51-K133R expressing cell line. Thus, ATP hydrolysis by RAD51 has a key role in various types of DNA repair in mammalian cells.
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- Jeremy M Stark
- Cell Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York 10021
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van den Bosch M, Lohman PHM, Pastink A. DNA double-strand break repair by homologous recombination. Biol Chem 2002; 383:873-92. [PMID: 12222678 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2002.095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The induction of double-strand breaks (DSBs) in DNA by exposure to DNA damaging agents, or as intermediates in normal cellular processes, constitutes a severe threat for the integrity of the genome. If not properly repaired, DSBs may result in chromosomal aberrations, which, in turn, can lead to cell death or to uncontrolled cell growth. To maintain the integrity of the genome, multiple pathways for the repair of DSBs have evolved during evolution: homologous recombination (HR), non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) and single-strand annealing (SSA). HR has the potential to lead to accurate repair of DSBs, whereas NHEJ and SSA are essentially mutagenic. In yeast, DSBs are primarily repaired via high-fidelity repair of DSBs mediated by HR, whereas in higher eukaryotes, both HR and NHEJ are important. In this review, we focus on the functional conservation of HR from fungi to mammals and on the role of the individual proteins in this process.
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- Michael van den Bosch
- Department of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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Oakley TJ, Hickson ID. Defending genome integrity during S-phase: putative roles for RecQ helicases and topoisomerase III. DNA Repair (Amst) 2002; 1:175-207. [PMID: 12509252 DOI: 10.1016/s1568-7864(02)00002-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The maintenance of genome stability is important not only for cell viability, but also for the suppression of neoplastic transformation in higher eukaryotes. It has long been recognised that a common feature of cancer cells is genomic instability. Although the so-called three 'Rs' of genome maintenance, DNA replication, recombination and repair, have historically been studied in isolation, a wealth of recent evidence indicates that these processes are intimately interrelated and interdependent. In this article, we will focus on challenges to the maintenance of genome integrity that arise during the S-phase of the cell cycle, and the possible roles that RecQ helicases and topoisomerase III play in the maintenance of genome integrity during the process of DNA replication.
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- Thomas J Oakley
- Cancer Research UK Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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Grandin N, Damon C, Charbonneau M. Cdc13 prevents telomere uncapping and Rad50-dependent homologous recombination. EMBO J 2001; 20:6127-39. [PMID: 11689452 PMCID: PMC125707 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.21.6127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Cdc13 performs an essential function in telomere end protection in budding yeast. Here, we analyze the consequences on telomere dynamics of cdc13-induced telomeric DNA damage in proliferating cells. Checkpoint-deficient cdc13-1 cells accumulated DNA damage and eventually senesced. However, these telomerase-proficient cells could survive by using homologous recombination but, contrary to telomerase-deficient cells, did so without prior telomere shortening. Strikingly, homologous recombination in cdc13-1 mec3, as well as in telomerase-deficient cdc13-1 cells, which were Rad52- and Rad50-dependent but Rad51-independent, exclusively amplified the TG(1-3) repeats. This argues that not only short telomeres are substrates for type II recombination. The Cdc13-1 mutant protein harbored a defect in its association with Stn1 and Ten1 but also an additional, unknown, defect that could not be cured by expressing a Cdc13-1- Ten1-Stn1 fusion. We propose that Cdc13 prevents telomere uncapping and inhibits recombination between telomeric sequences through a pathway distinct from and complementary to that used by telomerase.
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- UMR CNRS/ENS No. 5665, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46, allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
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Davis AP, Symington LS. The yeast recombinational repair protein Rad59 interacts with Rad52 and stimulates single-strand annealing. Genetics 2001; 159:515-25. [PMID: 11606529 PMCID: PMC1461847 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/159.2.515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The yeast RAD52 gene is essential for homology-dependent repair of DNA double-strand breaks. In vitro, Rad52 binds to single- and double-stranded DNA and promotes annealing of complementary single-stranded DNA. Genetic studies indicate that the Rad52 and Rad59 proteins act in the same recombination pathway either as a complex or through overlapping functions. Here we demonstrate physical interaction between Rad52 and Rad59 using the yeast two-hybrid system and co-immunoprecipitation from yeast extracts. Purified Rad59 efficiently anneals complementary oligonucleotides and is able to overcome the inhibition to annealing imposed by replication protein A (RPA). Although Rad59 has strand-annealing activity by itself in vitro, this activity is insufficient to promote strand annealing in vivo in the absence of Rad52. The rfa1-D288Y allele partially suppresses the in vivo strand-annealing defect of rad52 mutants, but this is independent of RAD59. These results suggest that in vivo Rad59 is unable to compete with RPA for single-stranded DNA and therefore is unable to promote single-strand annealing. Instead, Rad59 appears to augment the activity of Rad52 in strand annealing.
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- A P Davis
- Department of Microbiology and Institute of Cancer Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Current awareness on yeast. Yeast 2001; 18:1269-76. [PMID: 11561294 DOI: 10.1002/yea.689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Kagawa W, Kurumizaka H, Ikawa S, Yokoyama S, Shibata T. Homologous pairing promoted by the human Rad52 protein. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:35201-8. [PMID: 11454867 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104938200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Rad52 protein, which is unique to eukaryotes, plays important roles in the Rad51-dependent and the Rad51-independent pathways of DNA recombination. In the present study, we have biochemically characterized the homologous pairing activity of the HsRad52 protein (Homo sapiens Rad52) and found that the presynaptic complex formation with ssDNA is essential in its catalysis of homologous pairing. We have identified an N-terminal fragment (amino acid residues 1-237, HsRad52(1-237)) that is defective in binding to the human Rad51 protein, which catalyzed homologous pairing as efficiently as the wild type HsRad52. Electron microscopic visualization revealed that HsRad52 and HsRad52(1-237) both formed nucleoprotein filaments with single-stranded DNA. These lines of evidence suggest the role of HsRad52 in the homologous pairing step of the Rad51-independent recombination pathway. Our results reveal the striking similarity between HsRad52 and the Escherichia coli RecT protein, which functions in a RecA-independent recombination pathway.
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- W Kagawa
- RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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Tutt A, Bertwistle D, Valentine J, Gabriel A, Swift S, Ross G, Griffin C, Thacker J, Ashworth A. Mutation in Brca2 stimulates error-prone homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks occurring between repeated sequences. EMBO J 2001; 20:4704-16. [PMID: 11532935 PMCID: PMC125603 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.17.4704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 331] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2001] [Revised: 07/13/2001] [Accepted: 07/13/2001] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Mutation of BRCA2 causes familial early onset breast and ovarian cancer. BRCA2 has been suggested to be important for the maintenance of genome integrity and to have a role in DNA repair by homology- directed double-strand break (DSB) repair. By studying the repair of a specific induced chromosomal DSB we show that loss of Brca2 leads to a substantial increase in error-prone repair by homology-directed single-strand annealing and a reduction in DSB repair by conservative gene conversion. These data demonstrate that loss of Brca2 causes misrepair of chromosomal DSBs occurring between repeated sequences by stimulating use of an error-prone homologous recombination pathway. Furthermore, loss of Brca2 causes a large increase in genome-wide error-prone repair of both spontaneous DNA damage and mitomycin C-induced DNA cross-links at the expense of error-free repair by sister chromatid recombination. This provides insight into the mechanisms that induce genome instability in tumour cells lacking BRCA2.
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- A Tutt
- The Breakthrough Toby Robins, Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK
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The central step of homologous recombination is the DNA strand exchange reaction catalyzed by bacterial RecA or eukaryotic Rad51. Besides Rad51-mediated synthesis-dependent strand annealing (SDSA), DNA ends can promote replication in Escherichia coli (recombination-dependent replication, RDR) and yeast (break-induced replication, BIR). However, what causes a DNA end to be repaired via SDSA or via BIR/RDR? I propose that Rad51/RecA--DNA plectonemic joints act as barriers to DNA replication and that BIR/RDR is only possible when the DNA polymerase that synthesizes DNA from the invading 3' end does not encounter RecA/Rad51--DNA joints in its path.
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- A Aguilera
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avd. Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain.
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Malagón F, Aguilera A. Yeast spt6-140 mutation, affecting chromatin and transcription, preferentially increases recombination in which Rad51p-mediated strand exchange is dispensable. Genetics 2001; 158:597-611. [PMID: 11404325 PMCID: PMC1461695 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/158.2.597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We have shown that the spt6-140 and spt4-3 mutations, affecting chromatin structure and transcription, stimulate recombination between inverted repeats by a RAD52-dependent mechanism that is very efficient in the absence of RAD51, RAD54, RAD55, and RAD57. Such a mechanism of recombination is RAD1-RAD59-dependent and yields gene conversions highly associated with the inversion of the repeat. The spt6-140 mutation alters transcription and chromatin in our inverted repeats, as determined by Northern and micrococcal nuclease sensitivity analyses, respectively. Hyper-recombination levels are diminished in the absence of transcription. We believe that the chromatin alteration, together with transcription impairment caused by spt6-140, increases the incidence of spontaneous recombination regardless of whether or not it is mediated by Rad51p-dependent strand exchange. Our results suggest that spt6, as well as spt4, primarily stimulates a mechanism of break-induced replication. We discuss the possibility that the chromatin alteration caused by spt6-140 facilitates a Rad52p-mediated one-ended strand invasion event, possibly inefficient in wild-type chromatin. Our results are consistent with the idea that the major mechanism leading to inversions might not be crossing over but break-induced replication followed by single-strand annealing.
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- F Malagón
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avd. Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Seville, Spain
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Malkova A, Signon L, Schaefer CB, Naylor ML, Theis JF, Newlon CS, Haber JE. RAD51-independent break-induced replication to repair a broken chromosome depends on a distant enhancer site. Genes Dev 2001; 15:1055-60. [PMID: 11331601 PMCID: PMC312680 DOI: 10.1101/gad.875901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Without the RAD51 strand exchange protein, Saccharomyces cerevisiae cannot repair a double-strand break (DSB) by gene conversion. However, cells can repair DSBs by recombination-dependent, break-induced replication (BIR). RAD51-independent BIR is initiated more than 13 kb from the DSB. Repair depends on a 200-bp sequence adjacent to ARS310, located approximately 34 kb centromere-proximal to the DSB, but does not depend on the origin activity of ARS310. We conclude that the ability of a recombination-induced replication fork to copy > 130 kb to the end of the chromosome depends on a special site that enhances assembly of a processive repair replication fork.
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- A Malkova
- Rosenstiel Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254-9110, USA
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Signon L, Malkova A, Naylor ML, Klein H, Haber JE. Genetic requirements for RAD51- and RAD54-independent break-induced replication repair of a chromosomal double-strand break. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:2048-56. [PMID: 11238940 PMCID: PMC86809 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.6.2048-2056.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Broken chromosomes can be repaired by several homologous recombination mechanisms, including gene conversion and break-induced replication (BIR). In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, an HO endonuclease-induced double-strand break (DSB) is normally repaired by gene conversion. Previously, we have shown that in the absence of RAD52, repair is nearly absent and diploid cells lose the broken chromosome; however, in cells lacking RAD51, gene conversion is absent but cells can repair the DSB by BIR. We now report that gene conversion is also abolished when RAD54, RAD55, and RAD57 are deleted but BIR occurs, as with rad51Delta cells. DSB-induced gene conversion is not significantly affected when RAD50, RAD59, TID1 (RDH54), SRS2, or SGS1 is deleted. Various double mutations largely eliminate both gene conversion and BIR, including rad51Delta rad50Delta, rad51Delta rad59Delta, and rad54Delta tid1Delta. These results demonstrate that there is a RAD51- and RAD54-independent BIR pathway that requires RAD59, TID1, RAD50, and presumably MRE11 and XRS2. The similar genetic requirements for BIR and telomere maintenance in the absence of telomerase also suggest that these two processes proceed by similar mechanisms.
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- L Signon
- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254-9110, USA
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