Journal article
Interactions of human rad54 protein with branched DNA molecules
The Journal of biological chemistry, v 282(29), pp 21068-21080
20 Jul 2007
PMID: 17545145
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Abstract
The Rad54 protein plays an important role during homologous recombination in eukaryotes. The protein belongs to the Swi2/Snf2 family of ATP-dependent DNA translocases. We previously showed that yeast and human Rad54 (hRad54) specifically bind to Holliday junctions and promote branch migration. Here we examined the minimal DNA structural requirements for optimal hRad54 ATPase and branch migration activity. Although a 12-bp double-stranded DNA region of branched DNA is sufficient to induce ATPase activity, the minimal substrate that gave rise to optimal stimulation of the ATP hydrolysis rate consisted of two short double-stranded DNA arms, 15 bp each, combined with a 45-nucleotide single-stranded DNA branch. We showed that hRad54 binds preferentially to the open and not to the stacked conformation of branched DNA. Stoichiometric titration of hRad54 revealed formation of two types of hRad54 complexes with branched DNA substrates. The first of them, a dimer, is responsible for the ATPase activity of the protein. However, branch migration activity requires a significantly higher stoichiometry of hRad54, approximately 10 +/- 2 protein monomers/DNA molecule. This pleomorphism of hRad54 in formation of oligomeric complexes with DNA may correspond to multiple functions of the protein in homologous recombination.
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- Title
- Interactions of human rad54 protein with branched DNA molecules
- Creators
- Olga M Mazina - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102-1192, USAMatthew J RossiNicolas H ThomaäAlexander V Mazin
- Publication Details
- The Journal of biological chemistry, v 282(29), pp 21068-21080
- Publisher
- ASBMB Publications / Elsevier; United States
- Grant note
- CA100839 / NCI NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000248047500033
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-34547136691
- Other Identifier
- 991014877951204721
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