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Fousek-Schuller VJ, Borgstahl GEO. The Intriguing Mystery of RPA Phosphorylation in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:167. [PMID: 38397158 PMCID: PMC10888239 DOI: 10.3390/genes15020167] [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: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Human Replication Protein A (RPA) was historically discovered as one of the six components needed to reconstitute simian virus 40 DNA replication from purified components. RPA is now known to be involved in all DNA metabolism pathways that involve single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). Heterotrimeric RPA comprises several domains connected by flexible linkers and is heavily regulated by post-translational modifications (PTMs). The structure of RPA has been challenging to obtain. Various structural methods have been applied, but a complete understanding of RPA's flexible structure, its function, and how it is regulated by PTMs has yet to be obtained. This review will summarize recent literature concerning how RPA is phosphorylated in the cell cycle, the structural analysis of RPA, DNA and protein interactions involving RPA, and how PTMs regulate RPA activity and complex formation in double-strand break repair. There are many holes in our understanding of this research area. We will conclude with perspectives for future research on how RPA PTMs control double-strand break repair in the cell cycle.
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer & Allied Diseases, UNMC, Omaha, NE 68198-6805, USA
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Roshan P, Kuppa S, Mattice JR, Kaushik V, Chadda R, Pokhrel N, Tumala BR, Biswas A, Bothner B, Antony E, Origanti S. An Aurora B-RPA signaling axis secures chromosome segregation fidelity. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3008. [PMID: 37230964 PMCID: PMC10212944 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38711-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
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Errors in chromosome segregation underlie genomic instability associated with cancers. Resolution of replication and recombination intermediates and protection of vulnerable single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) intermediates during mitotic progression requires the ssDNA binding protein Replication Protein A (RPA). However, the mechanisms that regulate RPA specifically during unperturbed mitotic progression are poorly resolved. RPA is a heterotrimer composed of RPA70, RPA32 and RPA14 subunits and is predominantly regulated through hyperphosphorylation of RPA32 in response to DNA damage. Here, we have uncovered a mitosis-specific regulation of RPA by Aurora B kinase. Aurora B phosphorylates Ser-384 in the DNA binding domain B of the large RPA70 subunit and highlights a mode of regulation distinct from RPA32. Disruption of Ser-384 phosphorylation in RPA70 leads to defects in chromosome segregation with loss of viability and a feedback modulation of Aurora B activity. Phosphorylation at Ser-384 remodels the protein interaction domains of RPA. Furthermore, phosphorylation impairs RPA binding to DSS1 that likely suppresses homologous recombination during mitosis by preventing recruitment of DSS1-BRCA2 to exposed ssDNA. We showcase a critical Aurora B-RPA signaling axis in mitosis that is essential for maintaining genomic integrity.
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- Poonam Roshan
- Department of Biology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53217, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA
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- Department of Biology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63104, USA.
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- Department of Biology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 63103, USA.
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Xu YJ, Bhadra S, Mahdi ATA, Dev K, Yurtsever I, Nakamura TM. Comprehensive mutational analysis of the checkpoint signaling function of Rpa1/Ssb1 in fission yeast. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010691. [PMID: 37200372 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Replication protein A (RPA) is a heterotrimeric complex and the major single-strand DNA (ssDNA) binding protein in eukaryotes. It plays important roles in DNA replication, repair, recombination, telomere maintenance, and checkpoint signaling. Because RPA is essential for cell survival, understanding its checkpoint signaling function in cells has been challenging. Several RPA mutants have been reported previously in fission yeast. None of them, however, has a defined checkpoint defect. A separation-of-function mutant of RPA, if identified, would provide significant insights into the checkpoint initiation mechanisms. We have explored this possibility and carried out an extensive genetic screen for Rpa1/Ssb1, the large subunit of RPA in fission yeast, looking for mutants with defects in checkpoint signaling. This screen has identified twenty-five primary mutants that are sensitive to genotoxins. Among these mutants, two have been confirmed partially defective in checkpoint signaling primarily at the replication fork, not the DNA damage site. The remaining mutants are likely defective in other functions such as DNA repair or telomere maintenance. Our screened mutants, therefore, provide a valuable tool for future dissection of the multiple functions of RPA in fission yeast.
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- Yong-Jie Xu
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Ju MK, Shin KJ, Lee JR, Khim KW, A Lee E, Ra JS, Kim BG, Jo HS, Yoon JH, Kim TM, Myung K, Choi JH, Kim H, Chae YC. NSMF promotes the replication stress-induced DNA damage response for genome maintenance. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:5605-5622. [PMID: 33963872 PMCID: PMC8191778 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Proper activation of DNA repair pathways in response to DNA replication stress is critical for maintaining genomic integrity. Due to the complex nature of the replication fork (RF), problems at the RF require multiple proteins, some of which remain unidentified, for resolution. In this study, we identified the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor synaptonuclear signaling and neuronal migration factor (NSMF) as a key replication stress response factor that is important for ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein (ATR) activation. NSMF localizes rapidly to stalled RFs and acts as a scaffold to modulate replication protein A (RPA) complex formation with cell division cycle 5-like (CDC5L) and ATR/ATR-interacting protein (ATRIP). Depletion of NSMF compromised phosphorylation and ubiquitination of RPA2 and the ATR signaling cascade, resulting in genomic instability at RFs under DNA replication stress. Consistently, NSMF knockout mice exhibited increased genomic instability and hypersensitivity to genotoxic stress. NSMF deficiency in human and mouse cells also caused increased chromosomal instability. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that NSMF regulates the ATR pathway and the replication stress response network for genome maintenance and cell survival.
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- Min Kyung Ju
- Department of Life Sciences, Ulsan National University of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ulsan National University of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ulsan National University of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ulsan National University of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Genomic Integrity Institute for Basic Science (IBS), UNIST, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Genomic Integrity Institute for Basic Science (IBS), UNIST, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Genomic Integrity Institute for Basic Science (IBS), UNIST, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu 41062, Republic of Korea
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Korea Brain Research Institute, Daegu 41062, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Genomic Integrity Institute for Basic Science (IBS), UNIST, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Genomic Integrity Institute for Basic Science (IBS), UNIST, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National University of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ulsan National University of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ulsan National University of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.,Center for Genomic Integrity Institute for Basic Science (IBS), UNIST, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ulsan National University of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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Caldwell CC, Spies M. Dynamic elements of replication protein A at the crossroads of DNA replication, recombination, and repair. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 55:482-507. [PMID: 32856505 PMCID: PMC7821911 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2020.1813070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
The heterotrimeric eukaryotic Replication protein A (RPA) is a master regulator of numerous DNA metabolic processes. For a long time, it has been viewed as an inert protector of ssDNA and a platform for assembly of various genome maintenance and signaling machines. Later, the modular organization of the RPA DNA binding domains suggested a possibility for dynamic interaction with ssDNA. This modular organization has inspired several models for the RPA-ssDNA interaction that aimed to explain how RPA, the high-affinity ssDNA binding protein, is replaced by the downstream players in DNA replication, recombination, and repair that bind ssDNA with much lower affinity. Recent studies, and in particular single-molecule observations of RPA-ssDNA interactions, led to the development of a new model for the ssDNA handoff from RPA to a specific downstream factor where not only stability and structural rearrangements but also RPA conformational dynamics guide the ssDNA handoff. Here we will review the current knowledge of the RPA structure, its dynamic interaction with ssDNA, and how RPA conformational dynamics may be influenced by posttranslational modification and proteins that interact with RPA, as well as how RPA dynamics may be harnessed in cellular decision making.
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- Colleen C. Caldwell
- Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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- Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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Dueva R, Iliakis G. Replication protein A: a multifunctional protein with roles in DNA replication, repair and beyond. NAR Cancer 2020; 2:zcaa022. [PMID: 34316690 PMCID: PMC8210275 DOI: 10.1093/narcan/zcaa022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) forms continuously during DNA replication and is an important intermediate during recombination-mediated repair of damaged DNA. Replication protein A (RPA) is the major eukaryotic ssDNA-binding protein. As such, RPA protects the transiently formed ssDNA from nucleolytic degradation and serves as a physical platform for the recruitment of DNA damage response factors. Prominent and well-studied RPA-interacting partners are the tumor suppressor protein p53, the RAD51 recombinase and the ATR-interacting proteins ATRIP and ETAA1. RPA interactions are also documented with the helicases BLM, WRN and SMARCAL1/HARP, as well as the nucleotide excision repair proteins XPA, XPG and XPF–ERCC1. Besides its well-studied roles in DNA replication (restart) and repair, accumulating evidence shows that RPA is engaged in DNA activities in a broader biological context, including nucleosome assembly on nascent chromatin, regulation of gene expression, telomere maintenance and numerous other aspects of nucleic acid metabolism. In addition, novel RPA inhibitors show promising effects in cancer treatment, as single agents or in combination with chemotherapeutics. Since the biochemical properties of RPA and its roles in DNA repair have been extensively reviewed, here we focus on recent discoveries describing several non-canonical functions.
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- Rositsa Dueva
- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School, 45122 Essen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School, 45122 Essen, Germany
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Biswas H, Goto G, Wang W, Sung P, Sugimoto K. Ddc2ATRIP promotes Mec1ATR activation at RPA-ssDNA tracts. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008294. [PMID: 31369547 PMCID: PMC6692047 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The DNA damage checkpoint response is controlled by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-related kinases (PIKK), including ataxia telangiectasia-mutated (ATM) and ATM and Rad3-related (ATR). ATR forms a complex with its partner ATRIP. In budding yeast, ATR and ATRIP correspond to Mec1 and Ddc2, respectively. ATRIP/Ddc2 interacts with replication protein A-bound single-stranded DNA (RPA-ssDNA) and recruits ATR/Mec1 to sites of DNA damage. Mec1 is stimulated by the canonical activators including Ddc1, Dpb11 and Dna2. We have characterized the ddc2-S4 mutation and shown that Ddc2 not only recruits Mec1 to sites of DNA damage but also stimulates Mec1 kinase activity. However, the underlying mechanism of Ddc2-dependent Mec1 activation remains to be elucidated. Here we show that Ddc2 promotes Mec1 activation independently of Ddc1/Dpb11/Dna2 function in vivo and through ssDNA recognition in vitro. The ddc2-S4 mutation diminishes damage-induced phosphorylation of the checkpoint mediators, Rad9 and Mrc1. Rad9 controls checkpoint throughout the cell-cycle whereas Mrc1 is specifically required for the S-phase checkpoint. Notably, S-phase checkpoint signaling is more defective in ddc2-S4 mutants than in cells where the Mec1 activators (Ddc1/Dpb11 and Dna2) are dysfunctional. To understand a role of Ddc2 in Mec1 activation, we reconstituted an in vitro assay using purified Mec1-Ddc2 complex, RPA and ssDNA. Whereas ssDNA stimulates kinase activity of the Mec1-Ddc2 complex, RPA does not. However, RPA can promote ssDNA-dependent Mec1 activation. Neither ssDNA nor RPA-ssDNA efficiently stimulates the Mec1-Ddc2 complex containing Ddc2-S4 mutant. Together, our data support a model in which Ddc2 promotes Mec1 activation at RPA-ssDNA tracts.
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- Himadri Biswas
- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, International Center for Public Health, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, International Center for Public Health, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, International Center for Public Health, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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Yates LA, Aramayo RJ, Pokhrel N, Caldwell CC, Kaplan JA, Perera RL, Spies M, Antony E, Zhang X. A structural and dynamic model for the assembly of Replication Protein A on single-stranded DNA. Nat Commun 2018; 9:5447. [PMID: 30575763 PMCID: PMC6303327 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07883-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Replication Protein A (RPA), the major eukaryotic single stranded DNA-binding protein, binds to exposed ssDNA to protect it from nucleases, participates in a myriad of nucleic acid transactions and coordinates the recruitment of other important players. RPA is a heterotrimer and coats long stretches of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). The precise molecular architecture of the RPA subunits and its DNA binding domains (DBDs) during assembly is poorly understood. Using cryo electron microscopy we obtained a 3D reconstruction of the RPA trimerisation core bound with ssDNA (∼55 kDa) at ∼4.7 Å resolution and a dimeric RPA assembly on ssDNA. FRET-based solution studies reveal dynamic rearrangements of DBDs during coordinated RPA binding and this activity is regulated by phosphorylation at S178 in RPA70. We present a structural model on how dynamic DBDs promote the cooperative assembly of multiple RPAs on long ssDNA.
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- Luke A Yates
- Section of Structural Biology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Structural Biology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52241, USA
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- Section of Structural Biology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Structural Biology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- Poseidon LLC, 2265 East Foothill Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, 91107, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52241, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA
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- Section of Structural Biology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Pal S, Postnikoff SD, Chavez M, Tyler JK. Impaired cohesion and homologous recombination during replicative aging in budding yeast. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaaq0236. [PMID: 29441364 PMCID: PMC5810620 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
The causal relationship between genomic instability and replicative aging is unclear. We reveal here that genomic instability at the budding yeast ribosomal DNA (rDNA) locus increases during aging, potentially due to the reduced cohesion that we uncovered during aging caused by the reduced abundance of multiple cohesin subunits, promoting increased global chromosomal instability. In agreement, cohesion is lost during aging at other chromosomal locations in addition to the rDNA, including centromeres. The genomic instability in old cells is exacerbated by a defect in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair that we uncovered in old yeast. This was due to limiting levels of key homologous recombination proteins because overexpression of Rad51 or Mre11 reduced the accumulation of DSBs and largely restored DSB repair in old cells. We propose that increased rDNA instability and the reduced DSB repair capacity of old cells contribute to the progressive accumulation of global chromosomal DNA breaks, where exceeding a threshold of genomic DNA damage ends the replicative life span.
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- Sangita Pal
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Genes and Development Graduate Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Lima WR, Martins DC, Parreira KS, Scarpelli P, Santos de Moraes M, Topalis P, Hashimoto RF, Garcia CRS. Genome-wide analysis of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum transcription factor PfNF-YB shows interaction with a CCAAT motif. Oncotarget 2017; 8:113987-114001. [PMID: 29371963 PMCID: PMC5768380 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.23053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Little is known about transcription factor regulation during the Plasmodium falciparum intraerythrocytic cycle. In order to elucidate the role of the P. falciparum (Pf)NF-YB transcription factor we searched for target genes in the entire genome. PfNF-YB mRNA is highly expressed in late trophozoite and schizont stages relative to the ring stage. In order to determine the candidate genes bound by PfNF-YB a ChIP-on-chip assay was carried out and 297 genes were identified. Ninety nine percent of PfNF-YB binding was to putative promoter regions of protein coding genes of which only 16% comprise proteins of known function. Interestingly, our data reveal that PfNF-YB binding is not exclusively to a canonical CCAAT box motif. PfNF-YB binds to genes coding for proteins implicated in a range of different biological functions, such as replication protein A large subunit (DNA replication), hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (nucleic acid metabolism) and multidrug resistance protein 2 (intracellular transport).
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- Wânia Rezende Lima
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais-Medicina, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso-Campus Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais-Medicina, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso-Campus Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH, Hellas, Greece
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- Departamento de Ciência da Computação, Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Managing Single-Stranded DNA during Replication Stress in Fission Yeast. Biomolecules 2015; 5:2123-39. [PMID: 26393661 PMCID: PMC4598791 DOI: 10.3390/biom5032123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Revised: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Replication fork stalling generates a variety of responses, most of which cause an increase in single-stranded DNA. ssDNA is a primary signal of replication distress that activates cellular checkpoints. It is also a potential source of genome instability and a substrate for mutation and recombination. Therefore, managing ssDNA levels is crucial to chromosome integrity. Limited ssDNA accumulation occurs in wild-type cells under stress. In contrast, cells lacking the replication checkpoint cannot arrest forks properly and accumulate large amounts of ssDNA. This likely occurs when the replication fork polymerase and helicase units are uncoupled. Some cells with mutations in the replication helicase (mcm-ts) mimic checkpoint-deficient cells, and accumulate extensive areas of ssDNA to trigger the G2-checkpoint. Another category of helicase mutant (mcm4-degron) causes fork stalling in early S-phase due to immediate loss of helicase function. Intriguingly, cells realize that ssDNA is present, but fail to detect that they accumulate ssDNA, and continue to divide. Thus, the cellular response to replication stalling depends on checkpoint activity and the time that replication stress occurs in S-phase. In this review we describe the signs, signals, and symptoms of replication arrest from an ssDNA perspective. We explore the possible mechanisms for these effects. We also advise the need for caution when detecting and interpreting data related to the accumulation of ssDNA.
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Balint A, Kim T, Gallo D, Cussiol JR, Bastos de Oliveira FM, Yimit A, Ou J, Nakato R, Gurevich A, Shirahige K, Smolka MB, Zhang Z, Brown GW. Assembly of Slx4 signaling complexes behind DNA replication forks. EMBO J 2015; 34:2182-97. [PMID: 26113155 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201591190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Obstructions to replication fork progression, referred to collectively as DNA replication stress, challenge genome stability. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cells lacking RTT107 or SLX4 show genome instability and sensitivity to DNA replication stress and are defective in the completion of DNA replication during recovery from replication stress. We demonstrate that Slx4 is recruited to chromatin behind stressed replication forks, in a region that is spatially distinct from that occupied by the replication machinery. Slx4 complex formation is nucleated by Mec1 phosphorylation of histone H2A, which is recognized by the constitutive Slx4 binding partner Rtt107. Slx4 is essential for recruiting the Mec1 activator Dpb11 behind stressed replication forks, and Slx4 complexes are important for full activity of Mec1. We propose that Slx4 complexes promote robust checkpoint signaling by Mec1 by stably recruiting Dpb11 within a discrete domain behind the replication fork, during DNA replication stress.
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- Attila Balint
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Research Center for Epigenetic Disease, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, Research Center for Epigenetic Disease, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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The DNA damage response and checkpoint adaptation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: distinct roles for the replication protein A2 (Rfa2) N-terminus. Genetics 2015; 199:711-27. [PMID: 25595672 PMCID: PMC4349066 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.173211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In response to DNA damage, two general but fundamental processes occur in the cell: (1) a DNA lesion is recognized and repaired, and (2) concomitantly, the cell halts the cell cycle to provide a window of opportunity for repair to occur. An essential factor for a proper DNA-damage response is the heterotrimeric protein complex Replication Protein A (RPA). Of particular interest is hyperphosphorylation of the 32-kDa subunit, called RPA2, on its serine/threonine-rich amino (N) terminus following DNA damage in human cells. The unstructured N-terminus is often referred to as the phosphorylation domain and is conserved among eukaryotic RPA2 subunits, including Rfa2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. An aspartic acid/alanine-scanning and genetic interaction approach was utilized to delineate the importance of this domain in budding yeast. It was determined that the Rfa2 N-terminus is important for a proper DNA-damage response in yeast, although its phosphorylation is not required. Subregions of the Rfa2 N-terminus important for the DNA-damage response were also identified. Finally, an Rfa2 N-terminal hyperphosphorylation-mimetic mutant behaves similarly to another Rfa1 mutant (rfa1-t11) with respect to genetic interactions, DNA-damage sensitivity, and checkpoint adaptation. Our data indicate that post-translational modification of the Rfa2 N-terminus is not required for cells to deal with "repairable" DNA damage; however, post-translational modification of this domain might influence whether cells proceed into M-phase in the continued presence of unrepaired DNA lesions as a "last-resort" mechanism for cell survival.
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Interplay of DNA damage and cell cycle signaling at the level of human replication protein A. DNA Repair (Amst) 2014; 21:12-23. [PMID: 25091156 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 05/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Replication protein A (RPA) is the main human single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding protein. It is essential for cellular DNA metabolism and has important functions in human cell cycle and DNA damage signaling. RPA is indispensable for accurate homologous recombination (HR)-based DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair and its activity is regulated by phosphorylation and other post-translational modifications. HR occurs only during S and G2 phases of the cell cycle. All three subunits of RPA contain phosphorylation sites but the exact set of HR-relevant phosphorylation sites on RPA is unknown. In this study, a high resolution capillary isoelectric focusing immunoassay, used under native conditions, revealed the isoforms of the RPA heterotrimer in control and damaged cell lysates in G2. Moreover, the phosphorylation sites of chromatin-bound and cytosolic RPA in S and G2 phases were identified by western and IEF analysis with all available phosphospecific antibodies for RPA2. Strikingly, most of the RPA heterotrimers in control G2 cells are phosphorylated with 5 isoforms containing up to 7 phosphates. These isoforms include RPA2 pSer23 and pSer33. DNA damaged cells in G2 had 9 isoforms with up to 14 phosphates. DNA damage isoforms contained pSer4/8, pSer12, pThr21, pSer23, and pSer33 on RPA2 and up to 8 unidentified phosphorylation sites.
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Replication checkpoint: tuning and coordination of replication forks in s phase. Genes (Basel) 2013; 4:388-434. [PMID: 24705211 PMCID: PMC3924824 DOI: 10.3390/genes4030388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Checkpoints monitor critical cell cycle events such as chromosome duplication and segregation. They are highly conserved mechanisms that prevent progression into the next phase of the cell cycle when cells are unable to accomplish the previous event properly. During S phase, cells also provide a surveillance mechanism called the DNA replication checkpoint, which consists of a conserved kinase cascade that is provoked by insults that block or slow down replication forks. The DNA replication checkpoint is crucial for maintaining genome stability, because replication forks become vulnerable to collapse when they encounter obstacles such as nucleotide adducts, nicks, RNA-DNA hybrids, or stable protein-DNA complexes. These can be exogenously induced or can arise from endogenous cellular activity. Here, we summarize the initiation and transduction of the replication checkpoint as well as its targets, which coordinate cell cycle events and DNA replication fork stability.
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Tsabar M, Haber JE. Chromatin modifications and chromatin remodeling during DNA repair in budding yeast. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2013; 23:166-73. [PMID: 23602331 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2012.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Accepted: 11/19/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Double-strand breaks (DSBs) pose a serious threat to genome integrity. Eukaryotes from yeast to humans respond to DSB damage by activating a complex DNA damage response that includes imposing a block to cell cycle progression and the repair of the DSB by one of several pathways. Many of these processes are accompanied by alterations in chromosome and chromatin structure. In this review we focus on the checkpoint responses and DNA repair in the well-studied model organism, the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- Michael Tsabar
- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Waltham, MA 02454-9110, United States
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Finn K, Lowndes NF, Grenon M. Eukaryotic DNA damage checkpoint activation in response to double-strand breaks. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 69:1447-73. [PMID: 22083606 PMCID: PMC11115150 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0875-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2011] [Revised: 10/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/20/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the most detrimental form of DNA damage. Failure to repair these cytotoxic lesions can result in genome rearrangements conducive to the development of many diseases, including cancer. The DNA damage response (DDR) ensures the rapid detection and repair of DSBs in order to maintain genome integrity. Central to the DDR are the DNA damage checkpoints. When activated by DNA damage, these sophisticated surveillance mechanisms induce transient cell cycle arrests, allowing sufficient time for DNA repair. Since the term "checkpoint" was coined over 20 years ago, our understanding of the molecular mechanisms governing the DNA damage checkpoint has advanced significantly. These pathways are highly conserved from yeast to humans. Thus, significant findings in yeast may be extrapolated to vertebrates, greatly facilitating the molecular dissection of these complex regulatory networks. This review focuses on the cellular response to DSBs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, providing a comprehensive overview of how these signalling pathways function to orchestrate the cellular response to DNA damage and preserve genome stability in eukaryotic cells.
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- Karen Finn
- Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Sacco E, Hasan MM, Alberghina L, Vanoni M. Comparative analysis of the molecular mechanisms controlling the initiation of chromosomal DNA replication in yeast and in mammalian cells. Biotechnol Adv 2012; 30:73-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Accepted: 09/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Telomeres are essential for the stability and complete replication of linear chromosomes. Telomere elongation by telomerase counteracts the telomere shortening due to the incomplete replication of chromosome ends by DNA polymerase. Telomere elongation is cell-cycle-regulated and coupled to DNA replication during S-phase. However, the molecular mechanisms that underlie such cell-cycle-dependent telomere elongation by telomerase remain largely unknown. Several aspects of telomere replication in budding yeast, including the modulation of telomere chromatin structure, telomere end processing, recruitment of telomere-binding proteins and telomerase complex to telomere as well as the coupling of DNA replication to telomere elongation during cell cycle progression will be discussed, and the potential roles of Cdk (cyclin-dependent kinase) in these processes will be illustrated.
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Dulev S, de Renty C, Mehta R, Minkov I, Schwob E, Strunnikov A. Essential global role of CDC14 in DNA synthesis revealed by chromosome underreplication unrecognized by checkpoints in cdc14 mutants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:14466-71. [PMID: 19666479 PMCID: PMC2723162 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900190106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The CDC14 family of multifunctional evolutionarily conserved phosphatases includes major regulators of mitosis in eukaryotes and of DNA damage response in humans. The CDC14 function is also crucial for accurate chromosome segregation, which is exemplified by its absolute requirement in yeast for the anaphase segregation of nucleolar organizers; however the nature of this essential pathway is not understood. Upon investigation of the rDNA nondisjunction phenomenon, it was found that cdc14 mutants fail to complete replication of this locus. Moreover, other late-replicating genomic regions (10% of the genome) are also underreplicated in cdc14 mutants undergoing anaphase. This selective genome-wide replication defect is due to dosage insufficiency of replication factors in the nucleus, which stems from two defects, both contingent on the reduced CDC14 function in the preceding mitosis. First, a constitutive nuclear import defect results in a drastic dosage decrease for those replication proteins that are regulated by nuclear transport. Particularly, essential RPA subunits display both lower mRNA and protein levels, as well as abnormal cytoplasmic localization. Second, the reduced transcription of MBF and SBF-controlled genes in G1 leads to the reduction in protein levels of many proteins involved in DNA replication. The failure to complete replication of late replicons is the primary reason for chromosome nondisjunction upon CDC14 dysfunction. As the genome-wide slow-down of DNA replication does not trigger checkpoints [Lengronne A, Schwob E (2002) Mol Cell 9:1067-1078], CDC14 mutations pose an overwhelming challenge to genome stability, both generating chromosome damage and undermining the checkpoint control mechanisms.
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MESH Headings
- Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
- Anaphase/genetics
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
- Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Nucleus/metabolism
- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
- Chromosome Segregation
- Chromosomes, Fungal/genetics
- DNA Damage
- DNA Replication
- DNA, Fungal/biosynthesis
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- G1 Phase/genetics
- Genes, Essential/genetics
- Genes, Essential/physiology
- Genome, Fungal/genetics
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Protein Binding
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/genetics
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases/metabolism
- Replication Protein A/genetics
- Replication Protein A/metabolism
- S Phase/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
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- Stanimir Dulev
- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5535, University Montpellier 2, 34293, France; and
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- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
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- University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte de Recherche 5535, University Montpellier 2, 34293, France; and
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- National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
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Putnam CD, Jaehnig EJ, Kolodner RD. Perspectives on the DNA damage and replication checkpoint responses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. DNA Repair (Amst) 2009; 8:974-82. [PMID: 19477695 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2009.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The DNA damage and replication checkpoints are believed to primarily slow the progression of the cell cycle to allow DNA repair to occur. Here we summarize known aspects of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae checkpoints including how these responses are integrated into downstream effects on the cell cycle, chromatin, DNA repair, and cytoplasmic targets. Analysis of the transcriptional response demonstrates that it is far more complex and less relevant to the repair of DNA damage than the bacterial SOS response. We also address more speculative questions regarding potential roles of the checkpoint during the normal S-phase and how current evidence hints at a checkpoint activation mechanism mediated by positive feedback that amplifies initial damage signals above a minimum threshold.
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- Christopher D Putnam
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0669, United States.
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Ohuchi T, Seki M, Kugou K, Tada S, Ohta K, Enomoto T. Accumulation of sumoylated Rad52 in checkpoint mutants perturbed in DNA replication. DNA Repair (Amst) 2009; 8:690-6. [PMID: 19261547 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2009.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2008] [Revised: 01/21/2009] [Accepted: 01/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Checkpoints are cellular surveillance and signaling pathways that regulate responses to DNA damage and perturbations of DNA replication. Here we show that high levels of sumoylated Rad52 are present in the mec1 sml1 and rad53 sml1 checkpoint mutants exposed to DNA-damaging agents such as methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) or the DNA replication inhibitor hydroxyurea (HU). The kinase-defective mutant rad53-K227A also showed high levels of Rad52 sumoylation. Elevated levels of Rad52 sumoylation occur in checkpoint mutants proceeding S phase being exposed DNA-damaging agent. Interestingly, chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) on chip analyses revealed non-canonical chromosomal localization of Rad52 in the HU-treated rad53-K227A cells arrested in early S phase: Rad52 localization at dormant and early DNA replication origins. However, such unusual localization was not dependent on the sumoylation of Rad52. In addition, we also found that Rad52 could be highly sumoylated in the absence of Rad51. Double mutation of RAD51 and RAD53 exhibited the similar levels of Rad52 sumoylation to RAD53 single mutation. The significance and regulation mechanism of Rad52 sumoylation by checkpoint pathways will be discussed.
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- Takashi Ohuchi
- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-3, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Sakaguchi K, Ishibashi T, Uchiyama Y, Iwabata K. The multi-replication protein A (RPA) system--a new perspective. FEBS J 2009; 276:943-63. [PMID: 19154342 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06841.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Replication protein A (RPA) complex has been shown, using both in vivo and in vitro approaches, to be required for most aspects of eukaryotic DNA metabolism: replication, repair, telomere maintenance and homologous recombination. Here, we review recent data concerning the function and biological importance of the multi-RPA complex. There are distinct complexes of RPA found in the biological kingdoms, although for a long time only one type of RPA complex was believed to be present in eukaryotes. Each complex probably serves a different role. In higher plants, three distinct large and medium subunits are present, but only one species of the smallest subunit. Each of these protein subunits forms stable complexes with their respective partners. They are paralogs as complex. Humans possess two paralogs and one analog of RPA. The multi-RPA system can be regarded as universal in eukaryotes. Among eukaryotic kingdoms, paralogs, orthologs, analogs and heterologs of many DNA synthesis-related factors, including RPA, are ubiquitous. Convergent evolution seems to be ubiquitous in these processes. Using recent findings, we review the composition and biological functions of RPA complexes.
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- Kengo Sakaguchi
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science, Chiba, Japan.
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Koltovaya NA. Activation of repair and checkpoints by double-strand DNA breaks: Activational cascade of protein phosphorylation. RUSS J GENET+ 2009. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795409010013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Navadgi-Patil VM, Burgers PM. Yeast DNA replication protein Dpb11 activates the Mec1/ATR checkpoint kinase. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:35853-9. [PMID: 18922789 PMCID: PMC2602893 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m807435200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2008] [Revised: 10/15/2008] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mec1-Ddc2 protein kinase (human ATR-ATRIP) initiates a signal transduction pathway in response to DNA damage and replication stress to mediate cell cycle arrest. The yeast DNA damage checkpoint clamp Ddc1-Mec3-Rad17 (human Rad9-Hus1-Rad1: 9-1-1) is loaded around effector DNA and thereby activates Mec1 kinase. Dpb11 (Schizosaccharomyces pombe Cut5/Rad4 or human TopBP1) is an essential protein required for the initiation of DNA replication and has a role in checkpoint activation. In this study, we demonstrate that Dpb11 directly activates the Mec1 kinase in phosphorylating the downstream effector kinase Rad53 (human Chk1/2) and DNA bound RPA. However, DNA was not required for Dpb11 to function as an activator. Dpb11 and yeast 9-1-1 independently activate Mec1, but substantial synergism in activation was observed when both activators were present. Our studies suggest that Dpb11 and 9-1-1 may partially compensate for each other during yeast checkpoint function.
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- Vasundhara M Navadgi-Patil
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Liu JS, Kuo SR, Melendy T. DNA damage-induced RPA focalization is independent of gamma-H2AX and RPA hyper-phosphorylation. J Cell Biochem 2007; 99:1452-62. [PMID: 16927366 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Replication protein A (RPA) is the major eukaryotic single stranded DNA binding protein that plays a central role in DNA replication, repair and recombination. Like many DNA repair proteins RPA is heavily phosphorylated (specifically on its 32 kDa subunit) in response to DNA damage. Phosphorylation of many repair proteins has been shown to be important for their recruitment to DNA damage-induced intra-nuclear foci. Further, phosphorylation of H2AX (gamma-H2AX) has been shown to be important for either the recruitment or stable retention of DNA repair proteins to these intra-nuclear foci. We address here the relationship between DNA damage-induced hyper-phosphorylation of RPA and its intra-nuclear focalization, and whether gamma-H2AX is required for RPA's presence at these foci. Using GFP-conjugated RPA, we demonstrate the formation of extraction-resistant RPA foci induced by DNA damage or stalled replication forks. The strong DNA damage-induced RPA foci appear after phosphorylated histone H2AX and Chk1, but earlier than the appearance of hyper-phosphorylated RPA. We demonstrate that while the functions of phosphoinositol-3-kinase-related protein kinases are essential for DNA damage-induced H2AX phosphorylation and RPA hyper-phosphorylation, they are dispensable for the induction of extraction-resistant RPA and RPA foci. Furthermore, in mouse cells genetically devoid of H2AX, DNA damage-induced extraction-resistant RPA appears with the same kinetics as in normal mouse cells. These results demonstrate that neither RPA hyper-phosphorylation nor H2AX are required for the formation in RPA intra-nuclear foci in response to DNA damage/replicational stress and are consistent with a role for RPA as a DNA damage sensor involved in the initial recognition of damaged DNA or blocked replication forks.
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- Jen-Sing Liu
- Department of Microbiology, University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Branzei D, Foiani M. Interplay of replication checkpoints and repair proteins at stalled replication forks. DNA Repair (Amst) 2007; 6:994-1003. [PMID: 17382606 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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DNA replication is an essential process that occurs in all growing cells and needs to be tightly regulated in order to preserve genetic integrity. Eukaryotic cells have developed multiple mechanisms to ensure the fidelity of replication and to coordinate the progression of replication forks. Replication is often impeded by DNA damage or replication blocks, and the resulting stalled replication forks are sensed and protected by specialized surveillance mechanisms called checkpoints. The replication checkpoint plays an essential role in preventing the breakdown of stalled replication forks and the accumulation of DNA structures that enhance recombination and chromosomal rearrangements that ultimately lead to genomic instability and cancer development. In addition, the replication checkpoint is thought to assist and coordinate replication fork restart processes by controlling DNA repair pathways, regulating chromatin structure, promoting the recruitment of proteins to sites of damage, and controlling cell cycle progression. In this review we focus mainly on the results obtained in budding yeast to discuss on the multiple roles of checkpoints in maintaining fork integrity and on the enzymatic activities that cooperate with the checkpoint pathway to promote fork resumption and repair of DNA lesions thereby contributing to genome integrity.
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- Dana Branzei
- FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy.
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Majka J, Niedziela-Majka A, Burgers PMJ. The checkpoint clamp activates Mec1 kinase during initiation of the DNA damage checkpoint. Mol Cell 2007; 24:891-901. [PMID: 17189191 PMCID: PMC1850967 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2006] [Revised: 11/17/2006] [Accepted: 11/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Yeast Mec1/Ddc2 protein kinase, the ortholog of human ATR/ATRIP, plays a central role in the DNA damage checkpoint. The PCNA-like clamp Rad17/Mec3/Ddc1 (the 9-1-1 complex in human) and its loader Rad24-RFC are also essential components of this signal transduction pathway. Here we have studied the role of the clamp in regulating Mec1, and we delineate how the signal generated by DNA lesions is transduced to the Rad53 effector kinase. The checkpoint clamp greatly activates the kinase activity of Mec1, but only if the clamp is appropriately loaded upon partial duplex DNA. Activated Mec1 phosphorylates the Ddc1 and Mec3 subunits of the clamp, the Rad24 subunit of the loader, and the Rpa1 and Rpa2 subunits of RPA. Phosphorylation of Rad53, and of human PHAS-1, a nonspecific target, also requires a properly loaded clamp. Phosphorylation and binding studies with individual clamp subunits indicate that the Ddc1 subunit mediates the functional interactions with Mec1.
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, H3 methylation at lysine 4 (H3K4) is mediated by Set1. Set1 is a large protein bearing a conserved RNA recognition motif in addition to its catalytic C-terminal SET domain. The SET and RRM domains are conserved in Set1 orthologs from yeast to humans. Set1 belongs to a complex of 8 proteins, also showing a striking conservation, most subunits being required to efficiently catalyze methylation of H3K4. The deletion of SET1 is not lethal but has pleiotropic phenotypes. It affects growth, transcriptional activation, repression and elongation, telomere length regulation, telomeric position effect, rDNA silencing, meiotic differentiation, DNA repair, chromosome segregation, and cell wall organization. In this review, we discuss the regulation of H3K4 methylation and try to link Set1 activity with the multiple phenotypes displayed by cells lacking Set1. We also suggest that Set1 may have multiple targets.
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- Pierre-Marie Dehé
- Instabilité du Génome et Cancerogénèse (IGC), CNRS, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille, cedex 20, France
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Sawarynski KE, Kaplun A, Tzivion G, Brush GS. Distinct activities of the related protein kinases Cdk1 and Ime2. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1773:450-6. [PMID: 17137646 PMCID: PMC3814016 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2006] [Revised: 10/09/2006] [Accepted: 10/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In budding yeast, commitment to DNA replication during the normal cell cycle requires degradation of the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor Sic1. The G1 cyclin-CDK complexes Cln1-Cdk1 and Cln2-Cdk1 initiate the process of Sic1 removal by directly catalyzing Sic1 phosphorylation at multiple sites. Commitment to DNA replication during meiosis also appears to require Sic1 degradation, but the G1 cyclin-CDK complexes are not involved. It has been proposed that the meiosis-specific protein kinase Ime2 functionally replaces the G1 cyclin-CDK complexes to promote Sic1 destruction. To investigate this possibility, we compared Cln2-Cdk1 and Ime2 protein kinase activities in vitro. Both enzyme preparations were capable of catalyzing phosphorylation of a GST-Sic1 fusion protein, but the phosphoisomers generated by the two activities had significantly different electrophoretic mobilities. Furthermore, mutation of consensus CDK phosphorylation sites in Sic1 affected Cln2-Cdk1- but not Ime2-dependent phosphorylation. Phosphoamino acid analysis and phosphopeptide mapping provided additional evidence that Cln2-Cdk1 and Ime2 targeted different residues within Sic1. Examination of other substrates both in vitro and in vivo also revealed differing specificities. These results indicate that Ime2 does not simply replace G1 cyclin-CDK complexes in promoting Sic1 degradation during meiosis.
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- Corresponding author: George S. Brush, Karmanos Cancer Institute, 3114 Prentis Center, 110 E. Warren Ave., Detroit, MI 48201; Tel, 313-833-0715; Fax, 313-832-7294; Email,
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Olson E, Nievera CJ, Klimovich V, Fanning E, Wu X. RPA2 is a direct downstream target for ATR to regulate the S-phase checkpoint. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:39517-33. [PMID: 17035231 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m605121200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Upon DNA damage, replication is inhibited by the S-phase checkpoint. ATR (ataxia telangiectasia mutated- and Rad3-related) is specifically involved in the inhibition of replicon initiation when cells are treated with DNA damage-inducing agents that stall replication forks, but the mechanism by which it acts to prevent replication is not yet fully understood. We observed that RPA2 is phosphorylated on chromatin in an ATR-dependent manner when replication forks are stalled. Mutation of the ATR-dependent phosphorylation sites in RPA2 leads to a defect in the down-regulation of DNA synthesis following treatment with UV radiation, although ATR activation is not affected. Threonine 21 and serine 33, two residues among several phosphorylation sites in the amino terminus of RPA2, are specifically required for the UV-induced, ATR-mediated inhibition of DNA replication. RPA2 mutant alleles containing phospho-mimetic mutations at ATR-dependent phosphorylation sites have an impaired ability to associate with replication centers, indicating that ATR phosphorylation of RPA2 directly affects the replication function of RPA. Our studies suggest that in response to UV-induced DNA damage, ATR rapidly phosphorylates RPA2, disrupting its association with replication centers in the S-phase and contributing to the inhibition of DNA replication.
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- Erin Olson
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La, Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Herzberg K, Bashkirov VI, Rolfsmeier M, Haghnazari E, McDonald WH, Anderson S, Bashkirova EV, Yates JR, Heyer WD. Phosphorylation of Rad55 on serines 2, 8, and 14 is required for efficient homologous recombination in the recovery of stalled replication forks. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:8396-409. [PMID: 16966380 PMCID: PMC1636779 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01317-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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DNA damage checkpoints coordinate the cellular response to genotoxic stress and arrest the cell cycle in response to DNA damage and replication fork stalling. Homologous recombination is a ubiquitous pathway for the repair of DNA double-stranded breaks and other checkpoint-inducing lesions. Moreover, homologous recombination is involved in postreplicative tolerance of DNA damage and the recovery of DNA replication after replication fork stalling. Here, we show that the phosphorylation on serines 2, 8, and 14 (S2,8,14) of the Rad55 protein is specifically required for survival as well as for normal growth under genome-wide genotoxic stress. Rad55 is a Rad51 paralog in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and functions in the assembly of the Rad51 filament, a central intermediate in recombinational DNA repair. Phosphorylation-defective rad55-S2,8,14A mutants display a very slow traversal of S phase under DNA-damaging conditions, which is likely due to the slower recovery of stalled replication forks or the slower repair of replication-associated DNA damage. These results suggest that Rad55-S2,8,14 phosphorylation activates recombinational repair, allowing for faster recovery after genotoxic stress.
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- Kristina Herzberg
- Section of Microbiology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616-8665, USA
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Rossi ML, Purohit V, Brandt PD, Bambara RA. Lagging strand replication proteins in genome stability and DNA repair. Chem Rev 2006; 106:453-73. [PMID: 16464014 DOI: 10.1021/cr040497l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Marie L Rossi
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York 14642, USA
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Cobb JA, Schleker T, Rojas V, Bjergbaek L, Tercero JA, Gasser SM. Replisome instability, fork collapse, and gross chromosomal rearrangements arise synergistically from Mec1 kinase and RecQ helicase mutations. Genes Dev 2006; 19:3055-69. [PMID: 16357221 PMCID: PMC1315408 DOI: 10.1101/gad.361805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The yeast checkpoint kinases Mec1 and Rad53 are required for genomic stability in the presence of replicative stress. When replication forks stall, the stable maintenance of replisome components requires the ATR kinase Mec1/Ddc2 and the RecQ helicase Sgs1. It was unclear whether either Mec1 or Sgs1 action requires the checkpoint effector kinase, Rad53. By combining sgs1Delta with checkpoint-deficient alleles, we can now distinguish the role of Mec1 at stalled forks from that of Rad53. We show that the S-phase-specific mec1-100 allele, like the sgs1Delta mutation, partially destabilizes DNA polymerases at stalled forks, yet combining the mec1-100 and sgs1Delta mutations leads to complete disassociation of the replisome, loss of RPA, irreversible termination of nucleotide incorporation, and compromised recovery from hydroxyurea (HU) arrest. These events coincide with a dramatic increase in both spontaneous and HU-induced chromosomal rearrangements. Importantly, in sgs1Delta cells, RPA levels at stalled forks do not change, although Ddc2 recruitment is compromised, explaining the partial Sgs1 and Mec1 interdependence. Loss of Rad53 kinase, on the other hand, does not affect the levels of DNA polymerases at arrested forks, but leads to MCM protein dissociation. Finally, confirming its unique role during replicative stress, Mec1, and not Tel1, is shown to modify fork-associated histone H2A.
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- Jennifer A Cobb
- Frontiers in Genetics NCCR Program, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Liu JS, Kuo SR, Melendy T. Phosphorylation of replication protein A by S-phase checkpoint kinases. DNA Repair (Amst) 2006; 5:369-80. [PMID: 16412704 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2005.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2005] [Revised: 11/15/2005] [Accepted: 11/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The major eukaryotic single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding protein, replication protein A (RPA), is a heterotrimer with subunits of 70, 32 and 14 kDa (RPA70, RPA32 and RPA14). RPA-coated ssDNA has been implicated as one of the triggers for intra-S-phase checkpoint activation. Phosphorylation of RPA occurs in cells with damaged DNA or stalled replication forks. Here we show that human RPA70 and RPA32 can be phosphorylated by purified S-phase checkpoint kinases, ATR and Chk1. While ATR phosphorylates the N-terminus of RPA70, Chk1 preferentially phosphorylates RPA's major ssDNA binding domain. Chk1 phosphorylated RPA70 shows reduced ssDNA binding activity, and binding of RPA to ssDNA blocks Chk1 phosphorylation, suggesting that Chk1 and ssDNA compete for RPA's major ssDNA binding domain. ssDNA stimulates RPA32 phosphorylation by ATR in a length dependent manner. Furthermore, 3'-, but not 5'-, recessed single strand/double strand DNA junctions produce an even stronger stimulatory effect on RPA32 phosphorylation by ATR. This stimulation occurs for both RNA and DNA recessed ends. RPA's DNA binding polarity and its interaction to 3'-primer-template junctions contribute to efficient RPA32 phosphorylation. Progression of DNA polymerase is able to block the accessibility of the 3'-recessed ends and prevent the stimulatory effects of primer-template junctions on RPA phosphorylation by ATR. We propose models for the role of RPA phosphorylation by Chk1 in S-phase checkpoint pathways, and the possible regulation of ATR activity by different nucleic acid structures.
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- Jen-Sing Liu
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, and the Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis & Immunology, University at Buffalo, School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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Roberts TM, Kobor MS, Bastin-Shanower SA, Ii M, Horte SA, Gin JW, Emili A, Rine J, Brill SJ, Brown GW. Slx4 regulates DNA damage checkpoint-dependent phosphorylation of the BRCT domain protein Rtt107/Esc4. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 17:539-48. [PMID: 16267268 PMCID: PMC1345688 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-08-0785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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RTT107 (ESC4, YHR154W) encodes a BRCA1 C-terminal-domain protein that is important for recovery from DNA damage during S phase. Rtt107 is a substrate of the checkpoint protein kinase Mec1, although the mechanism by which Rtt107 is targeted by Mec1 after checkpoint activation is currently unclear. Slx4, a component of the Slx1-Slx4 structure-specific nuclease, formed a complex with Rtt107. Deletion of SLX4 conferred many of the same DNA-repair defects observed in rtt107delta, including DNA damage sensitivity, prolonged DNA damage checkpoint activation, and increased spontaneous DNA damage. These phenotypes were not shared by the Slx4 binding partner Slx1, suggesting that the functions of the Slx4 and Slx1 proteins in the DNA damage response were not identical. Of particular interest, Slx4, but not Slx1, was required for phosphorylation of Rtt107 by Mec1 in vivo, indicating that Slx4 was a mediator of DNA damage-dependent phosphorylation of the checkpoint effector Rtt107. We propose that Slx4 has roles in the DNA damage response that are distinct from the function of Slx1-Slx4 in maintaining rDNA structure and that Slx4-dependent phosphorylation of Rtt107 by Mec1 is critical for replication restart after alkylation damage.
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- Tania M Roberts
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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Bochkareva E, Kaustov L, Ayed A, Yi GS, Lu Y, Pineda-Lucena A, Liao JCC, Okorokov AL, Milner J, Arrowsmith CH, Bochkarev A. Single-stranded DNA mimicry in the p53 transactivation domain interaction with replication protein A. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:15412-7. [PMID: 16234232 PMCID: PMC1266094 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0504614102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2005] [Accepted: 09/08/2005] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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One of many protein-protein interactions modulated upon DNA damage is that of the single-stranded DNA-binding protein, replication protein A (RPA), with the p53 tumor suppressor. Here we report the crystal structure of RPA residues 1-120 (RPA70N) bound to the N-terminal transactivation domain of p53 (residues 37-57; p53N) and, by using NMR spectroscopy, characterize two mechanisms by which the RPA/p53 interaction can be modulated. RPA70N forms an oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding fold, similar to that previously observed for the ssDNA-binding domains of RPA. In contrast, the N-terminal p53 transactivation domain is largely disordered in solution, but residues 37-57 fold into two amphipathic helices, H1 and H2, upon binding with RPA70N. The H2 helix of p53 structurally mimics the binding of ssDNA to the oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding fold. NMR experiments confirmed that both ssDNA and an acidic peptide mimicking a phosphorylated form of RPA32N can independently compete the acidic p53N out of the binding site. Taken together, our data suggest a mechanism for DNA damage signaling that can explain a threshold response to DNA damage.
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- Elena Bochkareva
- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research & Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, University of Toronto, 112 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L6
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Marcon E, Moens PB. The evolution of meiosis: recruitment and modification of somatic DNA-repair proteins. Bioessays 2005; 27:795-808. [PMID: 16015600 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Several DNA-damage detection and repair mechanisms have evolved to repair double-strand breaks induced by mutagens. Later in evolutionary history, DNA single- and double-strand cuts made possible immune diversity by V(D)J recombination and recombination at meiosis. Such cuts are induced endogenously and are highly regulated and controlled. In meiosis, DNA cuts are essential for the initiation of homologous recombination, and for the formation of joint molecule and crossovers. Many proteins that function during somatic DNA-damage detection and repair are also active during homologous recombination. However, their meiotic functions may be altered from their somatic roles through localization, posttranslational modifications and/or interactions with meiosis-specific proteins. Presumably, somatic repair functions and meiotic recombination diverged during evolution, resulting in adaptations specific to sexual reproduction. (c) 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Edyta Marcon
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Canada
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Nakada D, Hirano Y, Tanaka Y, Sugimoto K. Role of the C terminus of Mec1 checkpoint kinase in its localization to sites of DNA damage. Mol Biol Cell 2005; 16:5227-35. [PMID: 16148046 PMCID: PMC1266421 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e05-05-0405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The large protein kinases, ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and ATM-Rad3-related (ATR), coordinate the cellular response to DNA damage. In budding yeast, ATR homologue Mec1 plays a central role in DNA damage signaling. Mec1 interacts physically with Ddc2 and functions in the form of the Mec1-Ddc2 complex. To identify proteins interacting with the Mec1-Ddc2 complex, we performed a modified two-hybrid screen and isolated RFA1 and RFA2, genes that encode subunits of replication protein A (RPA). Using the two-hybrid system, we found that the extreme C-terminal region of Mec1 is critical for RPA binding. The C-terminal substitution mutation does not affect the Mec1-Ddc2 complex formation, but it does impair the interaction of Mec1 and Ddc2 with RPA as well as their association with DNA lesions. The C-terminal mutation also decreases Mec1 kinase activity. However, the Mec1 kinase-defect by itself does not perturb Mec1 association with sites of DNA damage. We also found that Mec1 and Ddc2 associate with sites of DNA damage in an interdependent manner. Our findings support the model in which Mec1 and Ddc2 localize to sites of DNA damage by interacting with RPA in the form of the Mec1-Ddc2 complex.
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- Daisuke Nakada
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Bartrand AJ, Iyasu D, Marinco SM, Brush GS. Evidence of meiotic crossover control in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through Mec1-mediated phosphorylation of replication protein A. Genetics 2005; 172:27-39. [PMID: 16118184 PMCID: PMC1456154 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.047845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Replication protein A (RPA) is the major single-stranded DNA-binding protein in eukaryotes, essential for DNA replication, repair, and recombination. During mitosis and meiosis in budding yeast, RPA becomes phosphorylated in reactions that require the Mec1 protein kinase, a central checkpoint regulator and homolog of human ATR. Through mass spectrometry and site-directed mutagenesis, we have now identified a single serine residue in the middle subunit of the RPA heterotrimer that is targeted for phosphorylation by Mec1 both in vivo and in vitro. Cells containing a phosphomimetic version of RPA generated by mutation of this serine to aspartate exhibit a significant alteration in the pattern of meiotic crossovers for specific genetic intervals. These results suggest a new function of Mec1 that operates through RPA to locally control reciprocal recombination.
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- Amy J Bartrand
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Ishibashi T, Koga A, Yamamoto T, Uchiyama Y, Mori Y, Hashimoto J, Kimura S, Sakaguchi K. Two types of replication protein A in seed plants. FEBS J 2005; 272:3270-81. [PMID: 15978034 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04719.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Replication protein A (RPA), a heterotrimeric protein composed of 70, 32 and 14-kDa subunits, has been shown to be essential for DNA replication, repair, recombination, and transcription. Previously, we found that, in two seed plants, rice and Arabidopsis, there are two different types of RPA70-kDa subunit. Substantial biochemical and genetic characterization of these two subunits, termed OsRPA70a and OsRPA70b or AtRPA70a and AtRPA70b, respectively, is described in this report. Inactivation of AtRPA70a by transfer DNA insertion or RNA interference is lethal, so the complex containing RPA70a may be essential for DNA replication. Transfer DNA insertion and RNAi lines for AtRPA70b are morphologically normal, albeit hypersensitive to certain mutagens, such as UV-B and methyl methanesulfonate, suggesting that RPA70b functions mostly in DNA repair. In two-hybrid, pull-down and coexpression analysis, OsRPA70b was found to interact more selectively than OsRPA70a with OsRPA32. The data suggest that two different types of RPA heterotrimer are present in seed plants, and that there may be additional 32 and 14-kDa subunit homologs that interact with OsRPA70a. Each of the two probable plant RPA complexes may have different roles in DNA metabolism.
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- Toyotaka Ishibashi
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Japan
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Takata H, Tanaka Y, Matsuura A. Late S Phase-Specific Recruitment of Mre11 Complex Triggers Hierarchical Assembly of Telomere Replication Proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell 2005; 17:573-83. [PMID: 15721260 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2004] [Revised: 12/28/2004] [Accepted: 01/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, telomere replication occurs in late S phase and is accompanied by dynamic remodeling of its protein components. Here, we show that MRX (Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2), an evolutionarily conserved protein complex involved in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair, is recruited to the telomeres in late S phase. MRX is required for the late S phase-specific recruitment of ATR-like kinase Mec1 to the telomeres. Mec1, in turn, contributes to the assembly of the telomerase regulators Cdc13 and Est1 at the telomere ends. Our results provide a model for the hierarchical assembly of telomere-replication proteins in late S phase; this involves triggering by the loading of MRX onto the chromosome termini. The recruitment of DNA repair-related proteins to the telomeres at particular times in the cell cycle suggests that the normal terminus of a chromosome is recognized as a DSB during the course of replication.
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- Hideki Takata
- Department of Geriatric Research, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan
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Binz SK, Sheehan AM, Wold MS. Replication Protein A phosphorylation and the cellular response to DNA damage. DNA Repair (Amst) 2004; 3:1015-24. [PMID: 15279788 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2004.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Defects in cellular DNA metabolism have a direct role in many human disease processes. Impaired responses to DNA damage and basal DNA repair have been implicated as causal factors in diseases with DNA instability like cancer, Fragile X and Huntington's. Replication protein A (RPA) is essential for multiple processes in DNA metabolism including DNA replication, recombination and DNA repair pathways (including nucleotide excision, base excision and double-strand break repair). RPA is a single-stranded DNA-binding protein composed of subunits of 70-, 32- and 14-kDa. RPA binds ssDNA with high affinity and interacts specifically with multiple proteins. Cellular DNA damage causes the N-terminus of the 32-kDa subunit of human RPA to become hyper-phosphorylated. Current data indicates that hyper-phosphorylation causes a change in RPA conformation that down-regulates activity in DNA replication but does not affect DNA repair processes. This suggests that the role of RPA phosphorylation in the cellular response to DNA damage is to help regulate DNA metabolism and promote DNA repair.
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- Sara K Binz
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 3107 MERF, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Millership JJ, Cai X, Zhu G. Functional characterization of replication protein A2 (RPA2) from Cryptosporidium parvum. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2004; 150:1197-1205. [PMID: 15133081 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26833-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Replication protein A (RPA) is a heterotrimeric complex of single-stranded DNA-binding proteins that play multiple roles in eukaryotic DNA metabolism. The RPA complex is typically composed of heterologous proteins (termed RPA1, RPA2 and RPA3) in animals, plants and fungi, which possess different functions. Previously, two distinct, short-type RPA large subunits (CpRPA1 and CpRPA1B) from the apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum were characterized. Here are reported the identification and characterization of a putative middle RPA subunit (CpRPA2) from this unicellular organism. Although the CpRPA2 gene encodes a predicted 40.1 kDa peptide, which is larger than other RPA2 subunits characterized to date, Western blot analysis of oocyst preparations detected a native CpRPA2 protein with a molecular mass of approximately 32 kDa, suggesting that CpRPA2 might undergo post-translational cleavage or the gene was translated at an alternative start codon. Immunofluorescence microscopy using a rabbit anti-CpRPA2 antibody revealed that CpRPA2 protein was mainly distributed in the cytosol (rather than the nuclei) of C. parvum sporozoites. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR data indicated that CpRPA2 was differentially expressed in a tissue culture model with highest expression in intracellular parasites infecting HCT-8 cells for 36 and 60 h. Sequence comparison suggests that RPA2 is a group of poorly conserved proteins. Nonetheless, functional analyses of recombinant proteins confirmed that CpRPA2 is a single-stranded DNA-binding protein and that it could serve as an in vitro phosphorylation target by a DNA-dependent protein kinase. The minimal length of poly(dT) required for CpRPA2 binding is 17 nucleotides, and the DNA-binding capability was inhibited by phosphorylation in vitro. These observations provide additional evidence on the divergence of RPA proteins between C. parvum and host, implying that the parasite DNA replication machinery could be explored as a chemotherapeutic target.
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- Jason J Millership
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, 4467 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, 4467 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Faculty of Genetics Program, Texas A&M University, 4467 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, 4467 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Gardenour KR, Levy J, Lopes JM. Identification of novel dominant INO2 c mutants with an Opi- phenotype. Mol Microbiol 2004; 52:1271-80. [PMID: 15165231 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04069.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The INO2 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is required for derepression of the phospholipid biosynthetic genes in response to inositol depletion. Conversely, the OPI1 gene is required for repression in response to inositol supplementation. Results of an in vitro assay have led to a model in which Opi1p interacts with Ino2p. However, there is no in vivo evidence to support this model. Additionally, most of the previously isolated ino2 mutants offer little insight into this model. Here, we report the isolation of a new class of dominant mutations in the INO2 gene, which yield constitutive expression of a target gene (i.e. an Opi(-) mutant phenotype). Two mutations reside in a region of the Ino2p required for interaction with Opi1p in vitro. Three other mutations are at the amino-terminus in a transcriptional activation domain.
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- Kyle R Gardenour
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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- Isabelle A Lucas
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Bartrand AJ, Iyasu D, Brush GS. DNA stimulates Mec1-mediated phosphorylation of replication protein A. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:26762-7. [PMID: 15078888 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312353200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cellular single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding protein replication protein A (RPA) becomes phosphorylated periodically during the normal cell cycle and also in response to DNA damage. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, RPA phosphorylation requires the checkpoint protein Mec1, a protein kinase homologous in structure and function to human ATR. We confirm here that immunocomplexes containing a tagged version of Mec1 catalyze phosphorylation of purified RPA, likely reflecting an RPA kinase activity intrinsic to Mec1. A significant stimulation of this activity is observed upon the addition of covalently closed ssDNA derived from the bacteriophage M13. This stimulation is not observed with mutant RPA deficient for DNA binding, indicating that DNA-bound RPA is a preferred substrate. Stimulation is also observed upon the addition of linear ssDNA homopolymers or hydrolyzed M13 ssDNA. In contrast to circular ssDNA, these DNA cofactors stimulate both wild type and mutant RPA phosphorylation. This finding suggests that linear ssDNA can also stimulate Mec1-mediated RPA phosphorylation by activating Mec1 or an associated protein. Although the Mec1-interacting protein Ddc2 is required for RPA phosphorylation in vivo, it is required for neither basal nor ssDNA-stimulated RPA phosphorylation in vitro. Therefore, activation of Mec1-mediated RPA phosphorylation by either circular or linear ssDNA does not operate through Ddc2. Our results provide insight into the mechanisms that function in vivo to specifically induce RPA phosphorylation upon initiation of DNA replication, repair, or recombination.
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- Amy J Bartrand
- Program in Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Alexandrow MG, Hamlin JL. Cdc6 chromatin affinity is unaffected by serine-54 phosphorylation, S-phase progression, and overexpression of cyclin A. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:1614-27. [PMID: 14749377 PMCID: PMC344196 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.4.1614-1627.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ectopically expressed Cdc6 is translocated from the nucleus during S phase in a cyclin A-Cdk2-dependent process, suggesting that reinitiation of DNA replication is prevented by removal of phosphorylated Cdc6 from chromatin after origin firing. However, whether endogenous Cdc6 translocates during S phase remains controversial. To resolve the questions regarding regulation of endogenous Cdc6, we cloned the cDNA encoding the Chinese hamster Cdc6 homolog and specifically focused on analyzing the localizations and chromatin affinities of endogenous and exogenous proteins during S phase and following overexpression of cyclin A. In agreement with other reports, ectopically expressed Cdc6 translocates from the nucleus during S phase and in response to overexpressed cyclin A. In contrast, using a combination of biochemical and immunohistochemical assays, we show convincingly that endogenous Cdc6 remains nuclear and chromatin bound throughout the entire S period, while Mcm5 loses chromatin affinity during S phase. Overexpression of cyclin A is unable to alter the nuclear localization of Cdc6. Furthermore, using a phosphospecific antibody we show that phosphoserine-54 Cdc6 maintains a high affinity for chromatin during the S period. Considering recent in vitro studies, these data are consistent with a proposed model in which Cdc6 is serine-54 phosphorylated during S phase and functions as a chromatin-bound signal that prevents reformation of prereplication complexes.
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- Mark G Alexandrow
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Lucca C, Vanoli F, Cotta-Ramusino C, Pellicioli A, Liberi G, Haber J, Foiani M. Checkpoint-mediated control of replisome-fork association and signalling in response to replication pausing. Oncogene 2004; 23:1206-13. [PMID: 14647447 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The replication checkpoint controls the integrity of replicating chromosomes by stabilizing stalled forks, thus preventing the accumulation of abnormal replication and recombination intermediates that contribute to genome instability. Checkpoint-defective cells are susceptible to rearrangements at chromosome fragile sites when replication pauses, and certain human cancer prone diseases suffer checkpoint abnormalities. It is unclear as to how the checkpoint stabilizes stalled forks and how cells sense replication blocks. We have analysed the checkpoint contribution in controlling replisome-fork association when replication pauses. We show that in yeast wild-type cells, stalled forks exhibit stable replisome complexes and the checkpoint sensors Ddc1 and Ddc2, thus activating Rad53 checkpoint kinase. Ddc1/Ddc2 recruitment on stalled forks and Rad53 activation are influenced by the single-strand-binding protein replication factor A (RFA). rad53 forks exhibit a defective association with DNA polymerases alpha, epsilon and delta. Further, in rad53 mutants, stalled forks progressively generate abnormal structures that turn into checkpoint signals by accumulating RFA, Ddc1 and Ddc2. We suggest that, following replication blocks, checkpoint activation mediated by RFA-ssDNA filaments stabilizes stalled forks by controlling replisome-fork association, thus preventing unscheduled recruitment of recombination enzymes that could otherwise cause the pathological processing of the forks.
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- Chiara Lucca
- Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, Via Adamello 16, Milano 20141, Italy
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