Saccharomyces cerevisiae rad51 mutants are defective in DNA damage-associated sister chromatid exchanges but exhibit increased rates of homology-directed translocations.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae rad51 mutants are defective in DNA damage-associated sister chromatid exchanges but exhibit increased rates of homology-directed translocations.
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酿酒酵母 rad51 突变体在 DNA 损伤相关的姐妹染色单体交换中存在缺陷,但表现出同源定向易位率增加。
DOI:
10.1093/genetics/158.3.959
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发表时间:
2001
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Bennett,T
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作者:
Fasullo,M;Giallanza,P;Dong,Z;Cera,C;Bennett,T
Saccharomyces cerevisiaeRad51 is structurally similar toEscherichia coliRecA. We investigated the role ofS. cerevisiae RAD51in DNA damage-associated unequal sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs), translocations, and inversions. The frequency of these rearrangements was measured by monitoring mitotic recombination between twohis3fragments,his3-Δ5′ andhis3-Δ3′::HOcs, when positioned on different chromosomes or in tandem and oriented in direct or inverted orientation. Recombination was measured after cells were exposed to chemical agents and radiation and after HO endonuclease digestion athis3-Δ3′::HOcs. Wild-type andrad51mutant strains showed no difference in the rate of spontaneous SCEs; however, the rate of spontaneous inversions was decreased threefold in therad51mutant. Therad51null mutant was defective in DNA damage-associated SCE when cells were exposed to either radiation or chemical DNA-damaging agents or when HO endonuclease-induced double-strand breaks (DSBs) were directly targeted athis3-Δ3′::HOcs. The defect in DNA damage-associated SCEs inrad51mutants correlated with an eightfold higher spontaneous level of directed translocations in diploid strains and with a higher level of radiation-associated translocations. We suggest thatS. cerevisiae RAD51facilitates genomic stability by reducing nonreciprocal translocations generated byRAD51-independent break-induced replication (BIR) mechanisms.