RPA Phosphorylation Inhibits DNA Resection.

Genetic recombination in all kingdoms of life initiates when helicases and nucleases process (resect) the free DNA ends to expose single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) overhangs. Resection regulation in bacteria is programmed by a DNA sequence, but a general mechanism limiting resection in eukaryotes has remained elusive. Using single-molecule imaging of reconstituted human ...
DNA repair factors, we identify phosphorylated RPA (pRPA) as a negative resection regulator. Bloom's syndrome (BLM) helicase together with exonuclease 1 (EXO1) and DNA2 nucleases catalyze kilobase-length DNA resection on nucleosome-coated DNA. The resulting ssDNA is rapidly bound by RPA, which further stimulates DNA resection. RPA is phosphorylated during resection as part of the DNA damage response (DDR). Remarkably, pRPA inhibits DNA resection in cellular assays and in vitro via inhibition of BLM helicase. pRPA suppresses BLM initiation at DNA ends and promotes the intrinsic helicase strand-switching activity. These findings establish that pRPA provides a feedback loop between DNA resection and the DDR.
Mesh Terms:
Binding Sites, DNA Helicases, DNA Repair Enzymes, DNA, Single-Stranded, Escherichia coli, Exodeoxyribonucleases, Feedback, Physiological, Gene Expression Regulation, Homologous Recombination, Humans, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Nucleosomes, Oligopeptides, Phosphorylation, Protein Binding, RecQ Helicases, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Replication Protein A, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Single Molecule Imaging
Mol. Cell
Date: Dec. 11, 2018
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