Human RAD2 Homolog 1 5′- to 3′-Exo/Endonuclease Can Efficiently Excise a Displaced DNA Fragment Containing a 5′-Terminal Abasic Lesion by Endonuclease Activity
Open Access
- 1 November 1996
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV
- Vol. 271 (47), 30068-30076
- https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.271.47.30068
Abstract
Repair of abasic lesions, one of the most common types of damage found in DNA, is crucial to an organism's well-being. Studies in vitro indicate that after apurinic-apyrimidinic endonuclease cleaves immediately upstream of a baseless site, removal of the 5′-terminal sugar-phosphate residue is achieved by deoxyribophosphodiesterase activity, an enzyme-mediated β-elimination reaction, or by endonucleolytic cleavage downstream of the baseless sugar. Synthesis and ligation complete repair. Eukaryotic RAD2 homolog 1 (RTH1) nuclease, by genetic and biochemical evidence, is involved in repair of modified DNA. Efficient endonucleolytic cleavage by RTH1 nuclease has been demonstrated for annealed primers that have unannealed 5′-tails. In vivo, such substrate structures could result from repair-related strand displacement synthesis. Using 5′-tailed substrates, we examined the ability of human RTH1 nuclease to efficiently remove 5′-terminal abasic residues. A series of upstream primers were used to increasingly displace an otherwise annealed downstream primer containing a 5′-terminal deoxyribose-5-phosphate. Until displacement of the first annealed nucleotide, substrates resisted cleavage. With further displacement, efficient cleavage occurred at the 3′-end of the tail. Therefore, in combination with strand displacement activity, RTH1 nucleases may serve as an important alternative to other pathways in repair of abasic sites in DNA.Keywords
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