Nucleotide excision repair and homologous recombination systems commit differentially to the repair of DNA-Protein crosslinks
Nucleotide excision repair and homologous recombination systems commit differentially to the repair of DNA-Protein crosslinks
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DOI:
10.1016/j.molcel.2007.07.029
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发表时间:
2007-10-12
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16
通讯作者:
Ide, Hiroshi
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作者:
Nakano, Toshiaki;Morishita, Soh;Ide, Hiroshi
DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs)-where proteins are covalently trapped on the DNA strandblock the progression of replication and transcription machineries and hence hamper the faithful transfer of genetic information. However, the repair mechanism of DPCs remains largely elusive. Here we have analyzed the roles of nucleotide excision repair (NER) and homologous recombination (HR) in the repair of DPCs both in vitro and in vivo using a bacterial system. Several lines of biochemical and genetic evidence show that both NER and HR commit to the repair or tolerance of DPCs, but differentially. NER repairs DPCs with crosslinked proteins of sizes less than 12-14 kDa, whereas oversized DPCs are processed exclusively by RecBCDdependent HR. These results highlight how NER and HR are coordinated when cells need to deal with unusually bulky DNA lesions such as DPCs.