title: An ultraviolet light-damaged DNA recognition protein absent in xeroderma pigmentosum group E cells binds selectively to pyrimidine (6-4) pyrimidone photoproducts.
abstract: The binding specificity was defined of a human ultraviolet light-damaged DNA recognition protein (UV-DRP), the activity of which is absent in some xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group E cells. Our results suggest that cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) are not high affinity UV-DRP binding sites--a finding consistent with other reports on this protein (Hirschfeld et al., (1990) Mol. Cell Biol., 10, 2041-2048). A major role for 6-4 photoproducts in UV-DRP binding was suggested in studies showing that irradiated oligonucleotides containing a T4C UV box sequence, which efficiently forms a TC 6-4 photoproduct, was a superior substrate for the UV-DRP when compared to a similar irradiated oligonucleotide having a T5 sequence. The latter sequence forms CPDs at a much higher frequency than 6-4 photoproducts. In a more direct approach, T4C-containing oligonucleotides complexed with the UV-DRP were separated from the unbound oligonucleotide fraction and the frequencies of 6-4 photoproducts in the two DNA populations were compared. The UV-DRP-bound fraction was highly enriched for the 6-4 lesion over the unbound fraction supporting the conclusion that 6-4 photoproducts are the principal binding cues for the UV-DRP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Treiber
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Essigmann
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers / Q000378:metabolism*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers; D004247:DNA