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CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 52, 期 6, 页码 663-673出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2017.1364218
关键词
Transient protein-DNA interaction; proliferating cell nuclear antigen; structure of sliding clamps; DNA replication; DNA repair; TLS polymerases; HR; NER
资金
- Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC iCARE Fellowship)
The proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) sliding clamp lies at the heart of the accurate duplication of eukaryotic genomes. While the outer surface of the PCNA ring interacts with polymerases and other factors, the role of the inner wall facing the DNA is elusive. Recent evidence shows that conserved basic residues in the PCNA central channel create a specific surface that recognizes the DNA backbone and enables the clamp to slide by rotationally tracking the DNA helix. The sliding surface can be modulated (i) through lysine acetylation, which triggers PCNA degradation during nucleotide excision repair (NER) and stimulates repair by homologous recombination (HR) or (ii) through binding of the protein factor p15(PAF), which turns off DNA lesion bypass. Thus, the inner surface of PCNA is unexpectedly highly regulated to control resistance to DNA damage. From a structural viewpoint, we reflect on these findings that open a new perspective on PCNA function and offer opportunities to develop tools to manipulate the DNA damage response in cancer treatment.
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