PMID:15886069

Citation	Moolenaar, GF, Schut, M and Goosen, N (2005) Binding of the UvrB dimer to non-damaged and damaged DNA: residues Y92 and Y93 influence the stability of both subunits. DNA Repair (Amst.) 4:699-713
Abstract	UvrB is the ultimate damage-binding protein in bacterial nucleotide excision repair. Previous AFM experiments have indicated that UvrB binds to a damage as a dimer. In this paper we visualize for the first time a UvrB dimer in a gel retardation assay, with the second subunit (B2) more loosely bound than the subunit (B1) that interacts with the damage. A beta-hairpin motif in UvrB plays an important role in damage specific binding. Alanine substitutions of Y92 or Y93 in the beta-hairpin result in proteins that kill E. coli cells as a consequence of incision in non-damaged DNA. Apparently, both residues are needed to prevent binding of UvrB to non-damaged DNA. The lethality of Y93A results from UvrC-mediated incisions, whereas that of Y92A is due to incisions by Cho. This difference could be ascribed to a difference in stability of the B2 subunit in the mutant UvrB-DNA complexes. We show that for 3' incision UvrC needs to displace this second UvrB subunit from the complex, whereas Cho seems capable to incise the dimer-complex. Footprint analysis of the contacts of UvrB with damaged DNA revealed that the B2 subunit interacts with the flanking DNA at the 3' side of the lesion. The B2 subunit of mutant Y92A appeared to be more firmly associated with the DNA, indicating that even when B1 is bound to a lesion, the B2 subunit probes the adjacent DNA for presence of damage. We propose this to be a reflection of the process that the UvrB dimer uses to find lesions in the DNA. In addition to preventing binding to non-damaged DNA, the Y92 and Y93 residues appear also important for making specific contacts (of B1) with the damaged site. We show that the concerted action of the two tyrosines lead to a conformational change in the DNA surrounding the lesion, which is required for the 3' incision reaction.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1016/j.dnarep.2005.03.001
Keywords	Adenosine Triphosphatases/chemistry; Adenosine Triphosphatases/isolation & purification; Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism; Alanine/metabolism; Amino Acid Motifs; Amino Acid Sequence; Amino Acid Substitution; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Binding Sites; DNA Damage; DNA Footprinting; DNA Helicases/chemistry; DNA Helicases/genetics; DNA Helicases/isolation & purification; DNA Helicases/metabolism; DNA Repair; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism; DNA, Bacterial/radiation effects; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry; DNA-Binding Proteins/isolation & purification; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Dimerization; Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry; Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins/isolation & purification; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; Nucleic Acid Conformation; Plasmids; Protein Binding; Protein Structure, Secondary; Protein Subunits/chemistry; Substrate Specificity; Tyrosine/chemistry; Ultraviolet Rays
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