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Sahota JS, Thakur RS, Guleria K, Sambyal V. RAD51 and Infertility: A Review and Case-Control Study. Biochem Genet 2024; 62:1216-1230. [PMID: 37563467 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-023-10469-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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RAD51 is a highly conserved recombinase involved in the strand invasion/exchange of double-stranded DNA by homologous single-stranded DNA during homologous recombination repair. Although a majority of existing literature associates RAD51 with the pathogenesis of various types of cancer, recent reports indicate a role of RAD51 in maintenance of fertility. The present study reviews the role of RAD51 and its interacting proteins in spermatogenesis/oogenesis and additionally reports the findings from the molecular genetic screening of RAD51 135 G > C polymorphism in infertile cases and controls. Fifty-nine articles from PubMed and Google Scholar related to the reproductive role of RAD51 were reviewed. For case-control study, the PCR-RFLP method was used to screen the RAD51 135 G > C polymorphism in 201 infertile cases (100 males, 101 females) and 201 age- and gender-matched healthy controls (100 males, 101 females) from Punjab, North-West India. The review of literature shows that RAD51 is indispensable for spermatogenesis and oogenesis in animal models. Reports on the role of RAD51 in human fertility are limited, however it is involved in the pathogenesis of infertility in both males and females. Molecular genetic analyses in the infertile cases and healthy controls showed no statistically significant difference in the genotypic and allelic frequencies for RAD51 135 G > C polymorphism, even after segregation of the cases by type of infertility (primary/secondary). Therefore, the present study concluded that the RAD51 135 G > C polymorphism was neither associated with male nor female infertility in North-West Indians. This is the first report on RAD51 135 G > C polymorphism and infertility.
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- Jatinder Singh Sahota
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Human Genetics, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, 143005, Punjab, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Human Genetics, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, 143005, Punjab, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Human Genetics, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, 143005, Punjab, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Human Genetics, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, 143005, Punjab, India.
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Knadler C, Rolfsmeier M, Vallejo A, Haseltine C. Characterization of an archaeal recombinase paralog that exhibits novel anti-recombinase activity. Mutat Res 2020; 821:111703. [PMID: 32416400 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2020.111703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The process of homologous recombination is heavily dependent on the RecA family of recombinases for repair of DNA double-strand breaks. These recombinases are responsible for identifying homologies and forming heteroduplex DNA between substrate ssDNA and dsDNA templates, activities that are modified by various accessory factors. In this work we describe the biochemical functions of the SsoRal2 recombinase paralog from the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus. We found that the SsoRal2 protein is a DNA-independent ATPase that, unlike the other S. solfataricus paralogs, does not bind either ss- or dsDNA. Instead, SsoRal2 alters the ssDNA binding activity of the SsoRadA recombinase in conjunction with another paralog, SsoRal1. In the presence of SsoRal1, SsoRal2 has a modest effect on strand invasion but effectively abrogates strand exchange activity. Taken together, these results indicate that SsoRal2 assists in nucleoprotein filament modulation and control of strand exchange in S. solfataricus.
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- Corey Knadler
- Washington State University, Biotech/LifeSciences Rm 137, Pullman, 99164, United States
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- Washington State University, Biotech/LifeSciences Rm 137, Pullman, 99164, United States
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- Washington State University, Biotech/LifeSciences Rm 137, Pullman, 99164, United States
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- Washington State University, Biotech/LifeSciences Rm 137, Pullman, 99164, United States.
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Patoli BB, Winter JA, Patoli AA, Delahay RM, Bunting KA. Co-expression and purification of the RadA recombinase with the RadB paralog from Haloferax volcanii yields heteromeric ring-like structures. Microbiology (Reading) 2017; 163:1802-1811. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Bushra B. Patoli
- School of Biology, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
- Present address: Institute of Microbiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
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- School of Biology, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
- Present address: Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK
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- School of Biology, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
- Present address: Institute of Microbiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan
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- School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- School of Biology, Queens Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
- Present address: Albumedix Ltd, Nottingham, NG7 1FD, UK
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Alligand B, Le Breton M, Marquis D, Vallette F, Fleury F. Functional effects of diphosphomimetic mutations at cAbl-mediated phosphorylation sites on Rad51 recombinase activity. Biochimie 2017; 139:115-124. [PMID: 28571978 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Homologous Recombination enables faithful repair of the deleterious double strand breaks of DNA. This pathway relies on Rad51 to catalyze homologous DNA strand exchange. Rad51 is known to be phosphorylated in a sequential manner on Y315 and then on Y54, but the effect of such phosphorylation on Rad51 function remains poorly understood. We have developed a phosphomimetic model in order to study all the phosphorylation states. With the purified phosphomimetic proteins we performed in vitro assays to determine the activity of Rad51. Here we demonstrate the inhibitory effect of the double phosphomimetic mutant and suggest that it may be due to a defect in nucleofilament formation.
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- Brendan Alligand
- Team 3 Mechanism and Regulation of DNA Repair, UFIP, CNRS UMR 6286, Nantes University, France; Team 9 Apoptosis in Nervous Central System Tumours, CRCINA, INSERM U892, Nantes University, France
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- Team 3 Mechanism and Regulation of DNA Repair, UFIP, CNRS UMR 6286, Nantes University, France
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- Team 3 Mechanism and Regulation of DNA Repair, UFIP, CNRS UMR 6286, Nantes University, France
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- Team 9 Apoptosis in Nervous Central System Tumours, CRCINA, INSERM U892, Nantes University, France
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- Team 3 Mechanism and Regulation of DNA Repair, UFIP, CNRS UMR 6286, Nantes University, France.
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Inoue M, Fukui K, Fujii Y, Nakagawa N, Yano T, Kuramitsu S, Masui R. The Lon protease-like domain in the bacterial RecA paralog RadA is required for DNA binding and repair. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:9801-9814. [PMID: 28432121 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.770180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 04/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR) plays an essential role in the maintenance of genome integrity. RecA/Rad51 paralogs have been recognized as an important factor of HR. Among them, only one bacterial RecA/Rad51 paralog, RadA, is involved in HR as an accessory factor of RecA recombinase. RadA has a unique Lon protease-like domain (LonC) at its C terminus, in addition to a RecA-like ATPase domain. Unlike Lon protease, RadA's LonC domain does not show protease activity but is still essential for RadA-mediated DNA repair. Reconciling these two facts has been difficult because RadA's tertiary structure and molecular function are unknown. Here, we describe the hexameric ring structure of RadA's LonC domain, as determined by X-ray crystallography. The structure revealed the two positively charged regions unique to the LonC domain of RadA are located at the intersubunit cleft and the central hole of a hexameric ring. Surprisingly, a functional domain analysis demonstrated the LonC domain of RadA binds DNA, with site-directed mutagenesis showing that the two positively charged regions are critical for this DNA-binding activity. Interestingly, only the intersubunit cleft was required for the DNA-dependent stimulation of ATPase activity of RadA, and at least the central hole was essential for DNA repair function. Our data provide the structural and functional features of the LonC domain and their function in RadA-mediated DNA repair.
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- Masao Inoue
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686
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- the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, and
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Osaka Medical College, 2-7 Daigakumachi, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-8686
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043
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- the Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Han W, Shen Y, She Q. Nanobiomotors of archaeal DNA repair machineries: current research status and application potential. Cell Biosci 2014; 4:32. [PMID: 24995126 PMCID: PMC4080772 DOI: 10.1186/2045-3701-4-32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Nanobiomotors perform various important functions in the cell, and they also emerge as potential vehicle for drug delivery. These proteins employ conserved ATPase domains to convert chemical energy to mechanical work and motion. Several archaeal nucleic acid nanobiomotors, such as DNA helicases that unwind double-stranded DNA molecules during DNA damage repair, have been characterized in details. XPB, XPD and Hjm are SF2 family helicases, each of which employs two ATPase domains for ATP binding and hydrolysis to drive DNA unwinding. They also carry additional specific domains for substrate binding and regulation. Another helicase, HerA, forms a hexameric ring that may act as a DNA-pumping enzyme at the end processing of double-stranded DNA breaks. Common for all these nanobiomotors is that they contain ATPase domain that adopts RecA fold structure. This structure is characteristic for RecA/RadA family proteins and has been studied in great details. Here we review the structural analyses of these archaeal nucleic acid biomotors and the molecular mechanisms of how ATP binding and hydrolysis promote the conformation change that drives mechanical motion. The application potential of archaeal nanobiomotors in drug delivery has been discussed.
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- Wenyuan Han
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China ; Archaeal Centre, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Biocenter, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, People's Republic of China
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- Archaeal Centre, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Biocenter, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Chen LT, Wang AHJ. A rationally designed peptide enhances homologous recombination in vitro and resistance to DNA damaging agents in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 38:4361-71. [PMID: 20308162 PMCID: PMC2910059 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The RecA family of proteins is essential in homologous recombination, a critical step in DNA repair. Here, we report that a rationally-designed small peptide based on the crystal structure of Escherichia coli RecA–DNA complex can promote homologous recombination through the enhancement of both RecA-mediated strand assimilation and three-strand exchange activity. Among 17 peptides tested, peptide #3 with the amino acid sequence of IRFLTARRR has the most potent activity in promoting the RecA-mediated D-loop formation by ∼7.2-fold at 37°C. Other peptides such as IRFLTAKKK and IRLLTARRR also have similar, albeit lower, activities. Therefore, hydrophobicity and poly-positive charges, and the space between them in those small peptides are crucial features for such activities. The enhancement of recombination by these peptides appears to be a general phenomenon as similar results were seen by using different plasmids. Remarkably, peptide #3 alone without RecA can also promote the D-loop formation at elevated temperature. Cell viability assays showed that the peptide elevates mammalian cell resistance to two cytotoxic DNA drugs, cisplatin and doxorubicin. The rescue of viability may result from increased DNA repair efficiency. Such peptides may find future biological applications.
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- Li-Tzu Chen
- Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Okorokov AL, Chaban YL, Bugreev DV, Hodgkinson J, Mazin AV, Orlova EV. Structure of the hDmc1-ssDNA filament reveals the principles of its architecture. PLoS One 2010; 5:e8586. [PMID: 20062530 PMCID: PMC2797393 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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In eukaryotes, meiotic recombination is a major source of genetic diversity, but its defects in humans lead to abnormalities such as Down's, Klinefelter's and other syndromes. Human Dmc1 (hDmc1), a RecA/Rad51 homologue, is a recombinase that plays a crucial role in faithful chromosome segregation during meiosis. The initial step of homologous recombination occurs when hDmc1 forms a filament on single-stranded (ss) DNA. However the structure of this presynaptic complex filament for hDmc1 remains unknown. To compare hDmc1-ssDNA complexes to those known for the RecA/Rad51 family we have obtained electron microscopy (EM) structures of hDmc1-ssDNA nucleoprotein filaments using single particle approach. The EM maps were analysed by docking crystal structures of Dmc1, Rad51, RadA, RecA and DNA. To fully characterise hDmc1-DNA complexes we have analysed their organisation in the presence of Ca2+, Mg2+, ATP, AMP-PNP, ssDNA and dsDNA. The 3D EM structures of the hDmc1-ssDNA filaments allowed us to elucidate the principles of their internal architecture. Similar to the RecA/Rad51 family, hDmc1 forms helical filaments on ssDNA in two states: extended (active) and compressed (inactive). However, in contrast to the RecA/Rad51 family, and the recently reported structure of hDmc1-double stranded (ds) DNA nucleoprotein filaments, the extended (active) state of the hDmc1 filament formed on ssDNA has nine protomers per helical turn, instead of the conventional six, resulting in one protomer covering two nucleotides instead of three. The control reconstruction of the hDmc1-dsDNA filament revealed 6.4 protein subunits per helical turn indicating that the filament organisation varies depending on the DNA templates. Our structural analysis has also revealed that the N-terminal domain of hDmc1 accomplishes its important role in complex formation through domain swapping between adjacent protomers, thus providing a mechanistic basis for coordinated action of hDmc1 protomers during meiotic recombination.
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- Andrei L. Okorokov
- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, Gower Street, London, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (ALO); (EVO)
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- School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (ALO); (EVO)
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Carr M, Leadbeater BSC, Baldauf SL. Conserved meiotic genes point to sex in the choanoflagellates. J Eukaryot Microbiol 2009; 57:56-62. [PMID: 20015185 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00450.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The choanoflagellates are a widespread group of heterotrophic aquatic nanoflagellates, which have recently been confirmed as the sister-group to Metazoa. Asexual reproduction is the only mode of cell division that has been observed within the group; at present the range of reproductive modes, as well as the ploidy level, within choanoflagellates are unknown. The recent discovery of long terminal repeat retrotransposons within the genome of Monosiga brevicollis suggests that this species also has sexual stages in its life cycle because asexual organisms cannot tolerate retrotransposons due to the rapid accumulation of deleterious mutations caused by their transposition. We screened the M. brevicollis genome for known eukaryotic meiotic genes, using a recently established "meiosis detection toolkit" of 19 genes. Eighteen of these genes were identified, none of which appears to be a pseudogene. Four of the genes were also identified in expressed sequence tag data from the distantly related Monosiga ovata. The presence of these meiosis-specific genes provides evidence for meiosis, and by implication sex, within this important group of protists.
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- Martin Carr
- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5YW, United Kingdom.
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Egelman EH, Amos LA. Electron microscopy of helical filaments: rediscovering buried treasures in negative stain. Bioessays 2009; 31:909-11. [PMID: 19642111 DOI: 10.1002/bies.200900075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Although negative stain electron microscopy is a wonderfully simple way of directly visualizing protein complexes and other biological macromolecules, the images are not really comparable to those of objects seen in everyday life. The failure to appreciate this has recently led to an incorrect interpretation of RecA-family filament structures.
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- Edward H Egelman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0733, USA.
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McRobbie AM, Carter LG, Kerou M, Liu H, McMahon SA, Johnson KA, Oke M, Naismith JH, White MF. Structural and functional characterisation of a conserved archaeal RadA paralog with antirecombinase activity. J Mol Biol 2009; 389:661-73. [PMID: 19414020 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2009] [Revised: 04/20/2009] [Accepted: 04/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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DNA recombinases (RecA in bacteria, Rad51 in eukarya and RadA in archaea) catalyse strand exchange between homologous DNA molecules, the central reaction of homologous recombination, and are among the most conserved DNA repair proteins known. RecA is the sole protein responsible for this reaction in bacteria, whereas there are several Rad51 paralogs that cooperate to catalyse strand exchange in eukaryotes. All archaea have at least one (and as many as four) RadA paralog, but their function remains unclear. Herein, we show that the three RadA paralogs encoded by the Sulfolobus solfataricus genome are expressed under normal growth conditions and are not UV inducible. We demonstrate that one of these proteins, Sso2452, which is representative of the large archaeal RadC subfamily of archaeal RadA paralogs, functions as an ATPase that binds tightly to single-stranded DNA. However, Sso2452 is not an active recombinase in vitro and inhibits D-loop formation by RadA. We present the high-resolution crystal structure of Sso2452, which reveals key structural differences from the canonical RecA family recombinases that may explain its functional properties. The possible roles of the archaeal RadA paralogs in vivo are discussed.
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- Anne-Marie McRobbie
- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK
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Lee CD, Wang TF. The N-terminal domain of Escherichia coli RecA have multiple functions in promoting homologous recombination. J Biomed Sci 2009; 16:37. [PMID: 19338667 PMCID: PMC2672939 DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-16-37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2009] [Accepted: 04/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli RecA mediates homologous recombination, a process essential to maintaining genome integrity. In the presence of ATP, RecA proteins bind a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) to form a RecA-ssDNA presynaptic nucleoprotein filament that captures donor double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), searches for homology, and then catalyzes the strand exchange between ssDNA and dsDNA to produce a new heteroduplex DNA. Based upon a recently reported crystal structure of the RecA-ssDNA nucleoprotein filament, we carried out structural and functional studies of the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the RecA protein. The RecA NTD was thought to be required for monomer-monomer interaction. Here we report that it has two other distinct roles in promoting homologous recombination. It first facilitates the formation of a RecA-ssDNA presynaptic nucleoprotein filament by converting ATP to an ADP-Pi intermediate. Then, once the RecA-ssDNA presynaptic nucleoprotein filament is stably assembled in the presence of ATPγS, the NTD is required to capture donor dsDNA. Our results also suggest that the second function of NTD may be similar to that of Arg243 and Lys245, which were implicated earlier as binding sites of donor dsDNA. A two-step model is proposed to explain how a RecA-ssDNA presynaptic nucleoprotein filament interacts with donor dsDNA.
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- Chien-Der Lee
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
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Ishida T, Takizawa Y, Kainuma T, Inoue J, Mikawa T, Shibata T, Suzuki H, Tashiro S, Kurumizaka H. DIDS, a chemical compound that inhibits RAD51-mediated homologous pairing and strand exchange. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:3367-76. [PMID: 19336413 PMCID: PMC2691838 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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RAD51, an essential eukaryotic DNA recombinase, promotes homologous pairing and strand exchange during homologous recombination and the recombinational repair of double strand breaks. Mutations that up- or down-regulate RAD51 gene expression have been identified in several tumors, suggesting that inappropriate expression of the RAD51 activity may cause tumorigenesis. To identify chemical compounds that affect the RAD51 activity, in the present study, we performed the RAD51-mediated strand exchange assay in the presence of 185 chemical compounds. We found that 4,4′-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2′-disulfonic acid (DIDS) efficiently inhibited the RAD51-mediated strand exchange. DIDS also inhibited the RAD51-mediated homologous pairing in the absence of RPA. A surface plasmon resonance analysis revealed that DIDS directly binds to RAD51. A gel mobility shift assay showed that DIDS significantly inhibited the DNA-binding activity of RAD51. Therefore, DIDS may bind near the DNA binding site(s) of RAD51 and compete with DNA for RAD51 binding.
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- Takako Ishida
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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Chang YW, Ko TP, Lee CD, Chang YC, Lin KA, Chang CS, Wang AHJ, Wang TF. Three new structures of left-handed RADA helical filaments: structural flexibility of N-terminal domain is critical for recombinase activity. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4890. [PMID: 19295907 PMCID: PMC2654063 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2009] [Accepted: 02/19/2009] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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RecA family proteins, including bacterial RecA, archaeal RadA, and eukaryotic Dmc1 and Rad51, mediate homologous recombination, a reaction essential for maintaining genome integrity. In the presence of ATP, these proteins bind a single-strand DNA to form a right-handed nucleoprotein filament, which catalyzes pairing and strand exchange with a homologous double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), by as-yet unknown mechanisms. We recently reported a structure of RadA left-handed helical filament, and here present three new structures of RadA left-handed helical filaments. Comparative structural analysis between different RadA/Rad51 helical filaments reveals that the N-terminal domain (NTD) of RadA/Rad51, implicated in dsDNA binding, is highly flexible. We identify a hinge region between NTD and polymerization motif as responsible for rigid body movement of NTD. Mutant analysis further confirms that structural flexibility of NTD is essential for RadA's recombinase activity. These results support our previous hypothesis that ATP-dependent axial rotation of RadA nucleoprotein helical filament promotes homologous recombination.
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- Yu-Wei Chang
- Institute of Biochemical Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemical Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biochemical Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (AHJW); (TFW)
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- * E-mail: (AHJW); (TFW)
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Wang TF, Chang YC, Lee CD, Chen L, Chang CS, Wang AHJ. Authors' reply to correspondence from Egelman. Bioessays 2008; 30:1254-5. [PMID: 18937379 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Egelman EH. Helicity in electron microscopy images-a comment on Wang TF, Chen LT and Wang AH 2008 BioEssays 30:48-56. Bioessays 2008; 30:791-2. [PMID: 18623074 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hikiba J, Hirota K, Kagawa W, Ikawa S, Kinebuchi T, Sakane I, Takizawa Y, Yokoyama S, Mandon-Pépin B, Nicolas A, Shibata T, Ohta K, Kurumizaka H. Structural and functional analyses of the DMC1-M200V polymorphism found in the human population. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:4181-90. [PMID: 18566005 PMCID: PMC2475644 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The M200V polymorphism of the human DMC1 protein, which is an essential, meiosis-specific DNA recombinase, was found in an infertile patient, raising the question of whether this homozygous human DMC1-M200V polymorphism may cause infertility by affecting the function of the human DMC1 protein. In the present study, we determined the crystal structure of the human DMC1-M200V variant in the octameric-ring form. Biochemical analyses revealed that the human DMC1-M200V variant had reduced stability, and was moderately defective in catalyzing in vitro recombination reactions. The corresponding M194V mutation introduced in the Schizosaccharomyces pombe dmc1 gene caused a significant decrease in the meiotic homologous recombination frequency. Together, these structural, biochemical and genetic results provide extensive evidence that the human DMC1-M200V mutation impairs its function, supporting the previous interpretation that this single-nucleotide polymorphism is a source of human infertility.
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- Juri Hikiba
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan
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Lee CD, Sun HC, Hu SM, Chiu CF, Homhuan A, Liang SM, Leng CH, Wang TF. An improved SUMO fusion protein system for effective production of native proteins. Protein Sci 2008; 17:1241-8. [PMID: 18467498 DOI: 10.1110/ps.035188.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Expression of recombinant proteins as fusions with SUMO (small ubiquitin-related modifier) protein has significantly increased the yield of difficult-to-express proteins in Escherichia coli. The benefit of this technique is further enhanced by the availability of naturally occurring SUMO proteases, which remove SUMO from the fusion protein. Here we have improved the exiting SUMO fusion protein approach for effective production of native proteins. First, a sticky-end PCR strategy was applied to design a new SUMO fusion protein vector that allows directional cloning of any target gene using two universal cloning sites (Sfo1 at the 5'-end and XhoI at the 3'-end). No restriction digestion is required for the target gene PCR product, even the insert target gene contains a SfoI or XhoI restriction site. This vector produces a fusion protein (denoted as His(6)-Smt3-X) in which the protein of interest (X) is fused to a hexahistidine (His(6))-tagged Smt3. Smt3 is the yeast SUMO protein. His(6)-Smt3-X was purified by Ni(2+) resin. Removal of His(6)-Smt3 was performed on the Ni(2+) resin by an engineered SUMO protease, His(6)-Ulp1(403-621)-His(6). Because of its dual His(6) tags, His(6)-Ulp1(403-621)-His(6) exhibits a high affinity for Ni(2) resin and associates with Ni(2+) resin after cleavage reaction. One can carry out both fusion protein purification and SUMO protease cleavage using one Ni(2+)-resin column. The eluant contains only the native target protein. Such a one-column protocol is useful in developing a better high-throughput platform. Finally, this new system was shown to be effective for cloning, expression, and rapid purification of several difficult-to-produce authentic proteins.
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- Chien-Der Lee
- Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Wang TF, Chen LT, Wang AHJ. Right or left turn? RecA family protein filaments promote homologous recombination through clockwise axial rotation. Bioessays 2008; 30:48-56. [PMID: 18081011 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The RecA family proteins mediate homologous recombination, a ubiquitous mechanism for repairing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and stalled replication forks. Members of this family include bacterial RecA, archaeal RadA and Rad51, and eukaryotic Rad51 and Dmc1. These proteins bind to single-stranded DNA at a DSB site to form a presynaptic nucleoprotein filament, align this presynaptic filament with homologous sequences in another double-stranded DNA segment, promote DNA strand exchange and then dissociate. It was generally accepted that RecA family proteins function throughout their catalytic cycles as right-handed helical filaments with six protomers per helical turn. However, we recently reported that archaeal RadA proteins can also form an extended right-handed filament with three monomers per helical turn and a left-handed protein filament with four monomers per helical turn. Subsequent structural and functional analyses suggest that RecA family protein filaments, similar to the F1-ATPase rotary motor, perform ATP-dependent clockwise axial rotation during their catalytic cycles. This new hypothesis has opened a new avenue for understanding the molecular mechanism of RecA family proteins in homologous recombination.
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- Ting-Fang Wang
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
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