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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 100, 期 13, 页码 7465-7470出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1330328100
关键词
chromatin; glycosylase; DNA polymerase beta; apyrmidinic/apurinic endonuclease
资金
- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES04106, R01 ES004106] Funding Source: Medline
The majority of DNA in eukaryotic cells exists in the highly condensed structural hierarchy of chromatin, which presents a challenge to DNA repair enzymes in that recognition, incision, and restoration of the original sequence at most sites must take place within these structural constraints. To test base excision repair (BER) activities on chromatin substrates, an in vitro system was developed that uses human uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG), apyrimidinic/apurinic endonuclease (APE), and DNA polymerase beta (pol beta) on homogeneously damaged, rotationally positioned DNA in nucleosomes. We find that UDG and APE carry out their combined catalytic activities with reduced efficiency on nucleosome substrates (approximate to10% of that on naked DNA). Furthermore, these enzymes distinguish between two different rotational settings of the lesion on the histone surface, showing a 2- to 3-fold difference in activity between uracil facing toward and away from the histories. However, UDG and APE will digest such substrates to completion in a concentration-dependent manner. Conversely, the synthesis activity of pol 13 is inhibited completely by nucleosome substrates and is independent of enzyme concentration. These results suggest that the first two steps of BER, IUDG and APE, may occur unassisted in chromatin, whereas downstream factors in this pathway (i.e., pol beta) may require nucleosome remodeling for efficient DNA BER in at least some regions of chromatin in eukaryotic cells.
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