Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 47, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Commun Biol. 2023 Jan 23;6(1):87. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04476-z.
Rad52 is a highly conserved eukaryotic protein that can mediate the annealing of complementary DNA strands to initiate homologous recombination for the repair of double-strand breaks. Suspicions that at least some prokaryotic single-strand annealing proteins (SSAPs) are related to Rad52 have been discussed for more than two decades. Two recent cryo-EM structures now put the issue beyond doubt.
Rad52 是一种高度保守的真核蛋白,可介导互补 DNA 链的退火,启动同源重组以修复双链断裂。二十多年来,人们一直怀疑至少一些原核单链退火蛋白 (SSAP) 与 Rad52 有关。最近的两项冷冻电镜结构研究现在无疑证实了这一点。