Insight into the Roles of Helicase Motif Ia by Characterizing Fanconi Anemia Group J Protein ( FANCJ) Patient Mutations
Insight into the Roles of Helicase Motif Ia by Characterizing Fanconi Anemia Group J Protein ( FANCJ) Patient Mutations
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m113.538892
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发表时间:
2014-04-11
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Wu, Yuliang
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作者:
Guo, Manhong;Vidhyasagar, Venkatasubramanian;Wu, Yuliang
Background: Two Fanconi anemia patient missense mutations are localized in FANCJ helicase motif Ia. Results: Mutant R251C impairs the DNA binding ability of FANCJ; Q255H uncouples DNA translocation from helicase activity. Conclusion: Helicase motif Ia plays critical roles in FANCJ enzymatic activity and DNA repair. Significance: Helicase motif Ia is involved not only in nucleic acid binding but also ATP binding and coupling ATP hydrolysis to unwinding.Helicases are molecular motors that couple the energy of ATP hydrolysis to the unwinding and remodeling of structured DNA or RNA, which is coordinated by conserved helicase motifs. FANCJ is a DNA helicase that is genetically linked to Fanconi anemia, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer. Here, we characterized two Fanconi anemia patient mutations, R251C and Q255H, that are localized in helicase motif Ia. Our genetic complementation analysis revealed that both the R251C and Q255H alleles failed to rescue cisplatin sensitivity of a FANCJ null cell line as detected by cell survival or -H2AX foci formation. Furthermore, our biochemical assays demonstrated that both purified recombinant proteins abolished DNA helicase activity and failed to disrupt the DNA-protein complex. Intriguingly, R251C impaired DNA binding ability to single-strand DNA and double-strand DNA, whereas Q255H retained higher binding activity to these DNA substrates compared with wild-type FANCJ protein. Consequently, R251C abolished its DNA-dependent ATP hydrolysis activity, whereas Q255H retained normal ATPase activity. Physically, R251C had reduced ATP binding ability, whereas Q255H had normal ATP binding ability and could translocate on single-strand DNA. Although both proteins were recruited to damage sites in our laser-activated confocal assays, they lost their DNA repair function, which explains why they exerted a domain negative effect when expressed in a wild-type background. Taken together, our work not only reveals the structural function of helicase motif Ia but also provides the molecular pathology of FANCJ in related diseases.