Regulation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 by DNA structure-specific binding.

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) is an intracellular sensor of DNA strand breaks and plays a critical role in cellular responses to DNA damage. In normally functioning cells, PARP-1 enzymatic activity has been linked to the alterations in chromatin structure associated with gene expression. However, the molecular determinants for PARP-1 recruitment to ...
specific sites in chromatin in the absence of DNA strand breaks remain obscure. Using gel shift and enzymatic footprinting assays and atomic force microscopy, we show that PARP-1 recognizes distortions in the DNA helical backbone and that it binds to three- and four-way junctions as well as to stably unpaired regions in double-stranded DNA. PARP-1 interactions with non-B DNA structures are functional and lead to its catalytic activation. DNA hairpins, cruciforms, and stably unpaired regions are all effective co-activators of PARP-1 auto-modification and poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation of histone H1 in the absence of free DNA ends. Enzyme kinetic analyses revealed that the structural features of non-B form DNA co-factors are important for PARP-1 catalysis activated by undamaged DNA. K0.5 constants for DNA co-factors, which are structurally different in the degree of base pairing and spatial DNA organization, follow the order: cruciform
Mesh Terms:
Binding Sites, Biotin, Catalysis, Chromatin, DNA, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Histones, Humans, Kinetics, Microscopy, Atomic Force, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Nucleic Acid Denaturation, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Plasmids, Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases, Protein Binding, Recombinant Proteins, Ribose
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Apr. 29, 2005
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