A novel yeast mutation, rad52-L89F, causes a specific defect in Rad51-independent recombination that correlates with a reduced ability of Rad52-L89F to interact with Rad59.

We isolated a novel rad52 mutation, rad52-L89F, which specifically impairs recombination in rad51Delta cells. rad52-L89F displays phenotypes similar to rad59Delta and encodes a mutant protein impaired in its ability to interact with Rad59. These results support the idea that Rad59 acts in homologous recombination via physical interaction with Rad52.
Mesh Terms:
Amino Acid Sequence, DNA-Binding Proteins, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Methyl Methanesulfonate, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Rad51 Recombinase, Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein, Recombination, Genetic, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Sequence Alignment
Genetics
Date: Sep. 01, 2004
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