title: Repair of rDNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: RAD4-independent strand-specific nucleotide excision repair of RNA polymerase I transcribed genes.
abstract: Removal of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers from the individual strands of the rDNA locus in Saccharomyces cerevisiae was studied. Yeast rDNA, that is transcribed by RNA polymerase I(RNA pol I), is repaired efficiently, slightly strand-specific and independently of RAD26, which has been implicated in transcription-coupled repair of the RNA pol II transcribed RPB2 gene. No repair of rDNA is observed in rad1,2,3 and 14 mutants, demonstrating that dimer removal from this highly repetitive DNA is accomplished by nucleotide excision repair (NER). In rad7 and rad16 mutants, which are specifically deficient in repair of non-transcribed DNA, there is a clear preferential repair of the transcribed strand of rDNA, indicating that strand-specific and therefore probably transcription-coupled repair of RNA pol I transcribed genes does exist in yeast. Unexpectedly, the transcribed but not the non-transcribed strand of rDNA can be repaired in rad4 mutants, which seem otherwise completely NER-deficient.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Verhage
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van de Putte
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brouwer
mesh_terms: D004260:DNA Repair; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D012318:RNA Polymerase I / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D011503:Transglutaminases; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers; C082463:RAD4 protein, S pombe; D029702:Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins; D011503:Transglutaminases; D012318:RNA Polymerase I