Son Mi Young, Belan Ondrej, Spirek Mario, Cibulka Jakub, Nikulenkov Fedor, Kim You Young, Hwang Sunyoung, Myung Kyungjae, Montagna Cristina, Kim Tae Moon, Krejci Lumir, Hasty Paul
Department of Molecular Medicine, The Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, The Cancer Therapy Research Center, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.
Department of Biology, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
iScience. 2024 Mar 16;27(4):109524. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109524. eCollection 2024 Apr 19.
Homologous recombination (HR) protects replication forks (RFs) and repairs DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Within HR, BRCA2 regulates RAD51 via two interaction regions: the BRC repeats to form filaments on single-stranded DNA and exon 27 (Ex27) to stabilize the filament. Here, we identified a RAD51 S181P mutant that selectively disrupted the RAD51-Ex27 association while maintaining interaction with BRC repeat and proficiently forming filaments capable of DNA binding and strand invasion. Interestingly, RAD51 S181P was defective for RF protection/restart but proficient for DSB repair. Our data suggest that Ex27-mediated stabilization of RAD51 filaments is required for the protection of RFs, while it seems dispensable for the repair of DSBs.
同源重组(HR)可保护复制叉(RFs)并修复DNA双链断裂(DSBs)。在HR过程中,BRCA2通过两个相互作用区域调节RAD51:BRC重复序列以在单链DNA上形成细丝,以及外显子27(Ex27)以稳定细丝。在此,我们鉴定出一种RAD51 S181P突变体,该突变体选择性破坏RAD51与Ex27的结合,同时保持与BRC重复序列的相互作用,并能高效形成能够进行DNA结合和链侵入的细丝。有趣的是,RAD51 S181P在RF保护/重启方面存在缺陷,但在DSB修复方面表现出色。我们的数据表明,Ex27介导的RAD51细丝稳定对于RF保护是必需的,而对于DSB修复似乎是可有可无的。