The Rad27 (Fen-1) nuclease inhibits Ty1 mobility in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
The Rad27 (Fen-1) nuclease inhibits Ty1 mobility in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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Rad27 (Fen-1) 核酸酶抑制酿酒酵母中的 Ty1 迁移性。
DOI:
10.1093/genetics/163.1.55
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发表时间:
2003
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Garfinkel,DavidJ
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作者:
Sundararajan,Anuradha;Lee,Bum-Soo;Garfinkel,DavidJ
Although most Ty1 elements inSaccharomyces cerevisiaeare competent for retrotransposition, host defense genes can inhibit different steps of the Ty1 life cycle. Here, we demonstrate that Rad27, a structure-specific nuclease that plays an important role in DNA replication and genome stability, inhibits Ty1 at a posttranslational level. We have examined the effects of variousrad27mutations on Ty1 element retrotransposition and cDNA recombination, termed Ty1 mobility. The point mutationsrad27-G67S, rad27-G240D, andrad27-E158Dthat cause defects in certain enzymatic activitiesin vitroresult in variable increases in Ty1 mobility, ranging from 4- to 22-fold. The C-terminal frameshift mutationrad27-324confers the maximum increase in Ty1 mobility (198-fold), unincorporated cDNA, and insertion at preferred target sites. The null mutation differs from the otherrad27alleles by increasing the frequency of multimeric Ty1 insertions and cDNA recombination with a genomic element. Therad27mutants do not markedly alter the levels of Ty1 RNA or the TyA1-gag protein. However, there is an increase in the stability of unincorporated Ty1 cDNA inrad27-324and the null mutant. Our results suggest that Rad27 inhibits Ty1 mobility by destabilizing unincorporated Ty1 cDNA and preventing the formation of Ty1 multimers.