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Palmieri G, Miano MG, Casamassimi A, Lania A, Kohno K, Schlessinger D, D'Urso M, Featherstone T. Construction of a pilot human YAC library in a recombination-defective yeast strain. Gene 1997; 188:169-74. [PMID: 9133588 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00751-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Using high-molecular-weight DNA fragments from a human lymphoblastoid cell line, a pilot collection of 2500 YACs was constructed in YKK115, a recombination-deficient strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae carrying mutations in both the rad51 and rad52 genes. Analysis of 520 clones from the current library by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed more than 97% single YACs with an insert size averaging 340 kb. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) performed with 37 clones on metaphase chromosomes suggested a high proportion mapping at centromeric (7) or telomeric (4) locations. The results are consistent with the stabilization of YACs in strains disarmed in recombination functions [Kohno, K., Oshiro, T., Kishine, H., Wada, M., Takeda, H., Ihara, N., Imamoto, F., Kano, Y. and Schlessinger, D. (1997) Human YACs unstable in a rad52 single mutant strain become stable in rad51rad52 double mutant. Gene, 000, 000-000 (GENE 10429)], and further suggest that the YACs may include regions that have been difficult to clone in other strains.
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- G Palmieri
- International Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples, Italy
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Shen Z, Denison K, Lobb R, Gatewood JM, Chen DJ. The human and mouse homologs of the yeast RAD52 gene: cDNA cloning, sequence analysis, assignment to human chromosome 12p12.2-p13, and mRNA expression in mouse tissues. Genomics 1995; 25:199-206. [PMID: 7774919 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(95)80126-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD52 gene is involved in DNA double-strand break repair and mitotic/meiotic recombination. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of yeast S. cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and Kluyveromyces lactis and chicken is highly conserved. Using the technology of mixed oligonucleotide primed amplification of cDNA (MOPAC), two mouse RAD52 homologous cDNA fragments were amplified and sequenced. Subsequently, we have cloned the cDNA of the human and mouse homologs of yeast RAD52 gene by screening cDNA libraries using the identified mouse cDNA fragments. Sequence analysis of cDNA derived amino acid revealed a highly conserved N-terminus among human, mouse, chicken, and yeast RAD52 genes. The human RAD52 gene was assigned to chromosome 12p12.2-p13 by fluorescence in situ hybridization, R-banding, and DNA analysis of somatic cell hybrids. Unlike chicken RAD52 and mouse RAD51, no significant difference in mouse RAD52 mRNA level was found among mouse heart, brain, spleen, lung, liver, skeletal muscle, kidney, and testis. In addition to an approximately 1.9-kb RAD52 mRNA band that is present in all of the tested tissues, an extra mRNA species of approximately 0.85 kb was detectable in mouse testis.
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- Z Shen
- Life Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Brozmanová J, Vlcková V, Chovanec M, Cernáková L, Skorvaga M, Margison GP. Expression of the E.coli ada gene in S.cerevisiae provides cellular resistance to N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in rad6 but not in rad52 mutants. Nucleic Acids Res 1994; 22:5717-22. [PMID: 7838727 PMCID: PMC310138 DOI: 10.1093/nar/22.25.5717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The Escherichia coli ada gene protein coding region under the control of the yeast alcohol dehydrogenase promoter in the extrachromosomally replicating yeast expression vectors pADHO6C and pVT103LO6C was introduced into the wild-type yeast strains, YNN-27 and FF-18733, and the repair deficient mutants LN-1 (rad1-1), VV-5 (rad6-1), C5-6 (rad52-1) and FF-18742 (rad52::URA3). This resulted in the expression of 3950, 1900, 1870, 1620, 1320 and 1420 fmol ada-encoded ATase/mg protein respectively: transformation with the parent vectors resulted in ATase activities of 3-17 fmol/mg protein. The wild-types, rad1-1 and rad6-1 yeast expressing the bacterial ATase showed increased resistance to the toxic and mutagenic effects of N-methyl-N'-nitro-N- nitrosoguanidine (MNNG). Expression of ATase in the rad52-1 and rad52::URA3 mutants neither complemented their sensitivity, nor reduced the mutagenic effects of this agent. These results suggest that whilst a portion of the toxic and mutagenic lesions induced by MNNG can be repaired in yeast by the E.coli Ada protein in a RAD1- and RAD6-independent manner, the RAD52 gene product may be essential for the complete functioning of the Ada ATase. This is the first suggestion of a possible cofactor requirement for ATase.
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- J Brozmanová
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
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Milne GT, Weaver DT. Dominant negative alleles of RAD52 reveal a DNA repair/recombination complex including Rad51 and Rad52. Genes Dev 1993; 7:1755-65. [PMID: 8370524 DOI: 10.1101/gad.7.9.1755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae rad52 mutants are characterized by severe defects in double-strand break (DSB) repair and recombination. In this study we have identified several regions of RAD52 that are required for these biological functions. We cloned and characterized a RAD52 homolog from Kluyveromyces lactis that partially complemented S. cerevisiae rad52 mutants while exhibiting negative dominance in wild-type (RAD52) strains. The dominant negative effect was suppressed by overexpression of RAD51, an additional gene known to be required for DSB repair and recombination, indicating a genetic interaction between these loci. Furthermore, GAL4 two-hybrid analysis revealed a physical interaction between Rad51 and the carboxy-terminal one-third of Rad52. Deletion alleles of rad52 (with or without the Rad51 association domain) also produced dominant negative defects, suggesting the disruption of repair through nonfunctional interactions with other DSB repair and recombination proteins. RAD51 relieved the negative dominance of each of these alleles either by competitive titration or functional activation of mutant or heterologous Rad52 proteins. These results demonstrate the importance of Rad52-Rad51 interactions and point to the formation of a higher order repair/recombination complex potentially containing other yet unidentified components.
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- G T Milne
- Division of Tumor Immunology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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Chartier FL, Keer JT, Sutcliffe MJ, Henriques DA, Mileham P, Brown SD. Construction of a mouse yeast artificial chromosome library in a recombination-deficient strain of yeast. Nat Genet 1992; 1:132-6. [PMID: 1302006 DOI: 10.1038/ng0592-132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We have constructed a new generation yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) library from female C57BL/10 mice in a recombination-deficient strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae carrying a mutation in the RAD52 gene. The YAC library contains 41,568 clones with an average insert size of 240 kilobases, representing a greater than threefold coverage of the mouse genome. Currently, the library can be screened by polymerase chain reaction and we have isolated positive clones at a number of loci in the mouse genome. This rad52 library should enable a long-term assessment of the effect of one of the yeast recombination pathway genes on both, genome-wide YAC clone stability and the frequency of chimaeric clones.
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- F L Chartier
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
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Gordenin DA, Malkova AL, Peterzen A, Kulikov VN, Pavlov YI, Perkins E, Resnick MA. Transposon Tn5 excision in yeast: influence of DNA polymerases alpha, delta, and epsilon and repair genes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:3785-9. [PMID: 1315039 PMCID: PMC525575 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.9.3785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Interaction between short repeats may be a source of genomic rearrangements and deletions. We investigated possible interactions between short (9 base pairs) direct repeats in yeast by using our previously described system for analyzing bacterial transposon Tn5 excision in yeast. Mutations of either POL3 or POL1, the proposed structural genes for polymerases delta and alpha, respectively, yield high levels of excision at semipermissive temperatures. pol2 (corresponding to polymerase epsilon) and pol2 pol3 double mutants do not exhibit enhanced excision. A majority of excision events involve direct repeats and are precise; the remaining imprecise excisions occur within or in the vicinity of the repeats. The three DNA repair pathways identified by rad1, rad6 and rad18, rad50 and rad52 mutations were examined for their possible role in Tn5 excision; no enhancement was observed in mutants. However, the pol3-stimulated Tn5 excision was reduced in rad52 and rad50 mutants. This suggests the potential for interaction between the systems for DNA double-strand break/recombinational repair and DNA synthesis. Based on the suggestion of Morrison et al. [Morrison, A., Araki, H., Clark, A. B., Hamatake, R. H. & Sugino, A. (1990) Cell 62, 1143-1151] that polymerases delta and alpha are responsible for lagging-strand synthesis and that polymerase epsilon is responsible for leading-strand synthesis, we suggest that Tn5 excision is stimulated under conditions of altered lagging-strand synthesis, possibly due to extended opportunities for single-strand interactions between the inverted insertion sequence I550 repeats of Tn5.
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- D A Gordenin
- Department of Genetics, Leningrad University, U.S.S.R
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Brozmanová J, Cernáková L, Vlcková V, Duraj J, Fridrichová I. The Escherichia coli recA gene increases resistance of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to ionizing and ultraviolet radiation. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1991; 227:473-80. [PMID: 1865881 DOI: 10.1007/bf00273940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The Escherichia coli recA protein coding region was ligated into an extrachromosomally replicating yeast expression vector downstream of the yeast alcohol dehydrogenase promoter region to produce plasmid pADHrecA. Transformation of the wild-type yeast strains YNN-27 and 7799-4B, as well as the recombination-deficient rad52-1 C5-6 mutant, with this shuttle plasmid resulted in the expression of the bacterial 38 kDa RecA protein in exponential phase cells. The wild-type YNN27 and 7799-4B transformants expressing the bacterial recA gene showed increased resistance to the toxic effects of both ionizing and ultraviolet radiation. RecA moderately stimulated the UV-induced mutagenic response of 7799-4B cells. Transformation of the rad52-1 mutant with plasmid pADHrecA did not result in the complementation of sensitivity to ionizing radiation. Thus, the RecA protein endows the yeast cells with additional activities, which were shown to be error-prone and dependent on the RAD52 gene.
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- J Brozmanová
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
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As a first step in the cloning of the DNA repair gene uvsF of Aspergillus nidulans, uvsF pyrG double mutant strains were transformed with a genomic library which carried the complementing Neurospora pyr-4 gene in the vector. Rare pyr+ uvs+ cotransformants were obtained on media lacking pyrimidines, overlayed with MMS (methyl-methane sulfonate) to which uvsF is hypersensitive. Among MMS-resistant transformants, Southerns revealed two types which showed single bands of different sizes when BglII-digested genomic DNA was probed with the vector. Both types produced uvsF- recombinants without vector sequences in homozygous crosses, but only those with the larger band also produced haploid uvs+ progeny. Using BglII-digested genomic DNA to transform Escherichia coli, plasmids of the corresponding two sizes could be rescued. Their inserts had a short internal region in common, giving evidence of rearrangement(s). In secondary transformation of uvsF mutants, only the plasmids with the larger insert showed complementation and these were used to screen Aspergillus libraries. Three types of genomic and two overlapping cDNA clones were identified. The cDNAs hybridized not only to each other, but also to the common region of the rescued plasmids. Therefore, cDNA subclones were used to map the putative uvsF sequences to a short segment in one genomic clone. In Northerns, the complementing large plasmid hybridized to three mRNAs, while the cDNA subclone identified one of these as the probable uvsF message.
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- K Oza
- Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Identification and preliminary characterization of an O6-methylguanine DNA repair methyltransferase in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)40188-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Kunz BA, Peters MG, Kohalmi SE, Armstrong JD, Glattke M, Badiani K. Disruption of the RAD52 gene alters the spectrum of spontaneous SUP4-o mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 1989; 122:535-42. [PMID: 2668115 PMCID: PMC1203727 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/122.3.535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Defects in the RAD52 gene of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae confer a mutator phenotype. To characterize this effect in detail, a collection of 238 spontaneous SUP4-o mutations arising in a strain having a disrupted RAD52 gene was analyzed by DNA sequencing. The resulting mutational spectrum was compared to that derived from an examination of 222 spontaneous mutations selected in a nearisogenic wild-type (RAD52) strain. This comparison revealed that the mutator phenotype was associated with an increase in the frequency of base-pair substitutions. All possible types of substitution were detected but there was a reduction in the relative fraction of A.T----G.C transitions and an increase in the proportion of G.C----C.G transversions. These changes were sufficient to cause a twofold greater preference for substitutions at G.C sites in the rad52 strain despite a decrease in the fraction of G.C----T.A transversions. There were also considerable differences between the distributions of substitutions within the SUP4-o gene. Base-pair changes occurred at fewer sites in the rad52 strain but the mutated sites included several that were not detected in the RAD52 background. Only two of the four sites that were mutated most frequently in the rad52 strain were also prominent in the wild-type strain and mutation frequencies at almost all sites common to both strains were greater for the rad52 derivative. Although single base-pair deletions occurred in the two strains with similar frequencies, several classes of mutation that were recovered in the wild-type background including multiple base-pair deletions, insertions of the yeast transposable element Ty, and more complex changes, were not detected in the rad52 strain.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- B A Kunz
- Microbiology Department, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Affiliation(s)
- H Bernstein
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724
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