Nuclease activity of the MutS homologue MutS2 from Thermus thermophilus is confined to the Smr domain.

Nuclease activity of the MutS homologue MutS2 from Thermus thermophilus is confined to the Smr domain.
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DOI:
10.1093/nar/gkl735
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发表时间:
2007
影响因子:
14.9
通讯作者:
Masui R
Masui R
中科院分区:
生物学2区
文献类型:
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作者:
Fukui K;Kosaka H;Kuramitsu S;Masui R

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MutS 同系物是高度保守的酶,参与 DNA 错配修复 (MMR)、减数分裂重组和其他 DNA 修饰。基因组测序项目表明,细菌和植物拥有 MutS 同源物 MutS2。 MutS2 缺乏 MutS 的错配识别域,但包含一个额外的 C 端区域,称为小 MutS 相关 (Smr) 域。在从细菌到人类的各种生物体中,与 Smr 结构域同源的序列被注释为“功能未知的蛋白质”。尽管最近的体内研究表明 MutS2 在重组事件中发挥重要作用,但对 MutS2 和 Smr 结构域的生化功能的表征却很有限。我们之前确定嗜热栖热菌 MutS2 (ttMutS2) 具有核酸内切酶活性。在这项研究中,我们报道了 Smr 缺失的 ttMutS2 突变体保留了二聚化、ATP 酶和 DNA 结合活性,但没有核酸内切酶活性。此外,单独的 Smr 结构域在结合和切割 DNA 方面是稳定且有效的。值得注意的是,核酸内切酶活性与 MutS 同源物相关,通常认为 MutS 可以识别特定的 DNA 结构。
MutS homologues are highly conserved enzymes engaged in DNA mismatch repair (MMR), meiotic recombination and other DNA modifications. Genome sequencing projects have revealed that bacteria and plants possess a MutS homologue, MutS2. MutS2 lacks the mismatch-recognition domain of MutS, but contains an extra C-terminal region called the small MutS-related (Smr) domain. Sequences homologous to the Smr domain are annotated as ‘proteins of unknown function’ in various organisms ranging from bacteria to human. Although recent in vivo studies indicate that MutS2 plays an important role in recombinational events, there had been only limited characterization of the biochemical function of MutS2 and the Smr domain. We previously established that Thermus thermophilus MutS2 (ttMutS2) possesses endonuclease activity. In this study, we report that a Smr-deleted ttMutS2 mutant retains the dimerization, ATPase and DNA-binding activities, but has no endonuclease activity. Furthermore, the Smr domain alone was stable and functional in binding and incising DNA. It is noteworthy that an endonuclease activity is associated with a MutS homologue, which is generally thought to recognize specific DNA structures.
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