期刊
DNA REPAIR
卷 9, 期 7, 页码 777-784出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2010.03.015
关键词
DNA repair; Fission yeast; Mutation; Translesion synthesis; Ubiquitin; Ultraviolet light
资金
- EC
- MRC
- Medical Research Council [G0801130B, G0501450] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G0501450] Funding Source: UKRI
Translesion synthesis is a major mechanism with which eukaryotic cells deal with DNA damage during replication. Mono-ubiquitinated PCNA is a key regulator of this process. We have investigated whether a ubiquitin-PCNA fusion can mimic ubiquitinated PCNA, by transforming plasmids expressing this fusion protein into different mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We show that the fusion protein is able to form PCNA trimers and that it can reduce the UV sensitivity and increase translesion synthesis in mutants in which PCNA cannot be ubiquitinated (pcn1-K164R and rhp18), but not of the rad8 mutant in which PCNA can be mono-ubiquitinated but not poly-ubiquitinated. We conclude that the fusion protein is a mimic of mono-ubiquitinated PCNA but it cannot be poly-ubiquitinated. Expression of the fusion protein at levels similar to that of endogenous unmodified protein has little effect on the spontaneous mutation rate of S. pombe. Replacement of the poll locus with PCNA N-terminally tagged with different epitopes resulted in lethality, probably because the tagged proteins were expressed at substantially reduced levels. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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