PMID:17452369
| Citation |
Hohl, M, Dunand-Sauthier, I, Staresincic, L, Jaquier-Gubler, P, Thorel, F, Modesti, M, Clarkson, SG and Schärer, OD (2007) Domain swapping between FEN-1 and XPG defines regions in XPG that mediate nucleotide excision repair activity and substrate specificity. Nucleic Acids Res. 35:3053-63 |
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| Abstract |
FEN-1 and XPG are members of the FEN-1 family of structure-specific nucleases, which share a conserved active site. FEN-1 plays a central role in DNA replication, whereas XPG is involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER). Both FEN-1 and XPG are active on flap structures, but only XPG cleaves bubble substrates. The spacer region of XPG is dispensable for nuclease activity on flap substrates but is required for NER activity and for efficient processing of bubble substrates. Here, we inserted the spacer region of XPG between the nuclease domains of FEN-1 to test whether this domain would be sufficient to confer XPG-like substrate specificity and NER activity on a related nuclease. The resulting FEN-1-XPG hybrid protein is active on flap and, albeit at low levels, on bubble substrates. Like FEN-1, the activity of FEN-1-XPG was stimulated by a double-flap substrate containing a 1-nt 3' flap, whereas XPG does not show this substrate preference. Although no NER activity was detected in vitro, the FEN-1-XPG hybrid displays substantial NER activity in vivo. Hence, insertion of the XPG spacer region into FEN-1 results in a hybrid protein with biochemical properties reminiscent of both nucleases, including partial NER activity. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC1888826 Online version:10.1093/nar/gkm092 |
| Keywords |
Cells, Cultured; DNA Damage; DNA Repair; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Endonucleases/chemistry; Endonucleases/genetics; Endonucleases/metabolism; Flap Endonucleases/chemistry; Flap Endonucleases/genetics; Flap Endonucleases/metabolism; Humans; Nuclear Proteins/chemistry; Nuclear Proteins/genetics; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/isolation & purification; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism; Substrate Specificity; Transcription Factors/chemistry; Transcription Factors/genetics; Transcription Factors/metabolism; Ultraviolet Rays |
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