title: DNA repair deficiencies associated with mutations in genes encoding subunits of transcription initiation factor TFIIH in yeast.
abstract: Several proteins, including Rad3 and Rad25(Ssl2), are essential for nucleotide excision repair (NER) and function in the RNA polymerase II transcription initiation complex TFIIH. Mutations in genes encoding two other subunits of TFIIH, TFB1 and SSL1, result in UV sensitivity and have been shown to take part in NER in an in vitro system. However, a deficiency in global NER does not exclude the possibility that such repair-deficient mutants can perform transcription-coupled repair (TCR), as shown for xeroderma pigmentosum group C. To date, temperature-sensitive C-terminal truncations of Tfbl are the only TFIIH mutations that result in intermediate UV sensitivity, which might indicate a deficiency in either the global NER or TCR pathways. We have directly analyzed both TCR and global NER in these mutants. We found that ssl1, rad3 and tfb1 mutants, like rad25(ssl2-xp) mutants, are deficient in both the global NER and TCR pathways. Our results support the view that the mutations in any one of the genes encoding subunits of TFIIH result in deficiencies in both global and TCR pathways of NER. We suggest that when subunits of TFIIH are in limiting amounts, TCR may preclude global NER.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA 94305-5020, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Sweder
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Hanawalt
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000235:genetics; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers / Q000235:genetics; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013489:Suppression, Genetic; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers; C083908:SSL1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C490039:TAF6 protein, S cerevisiae; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; C086993:TFB1 protein, S cerevisiae; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D014157:Transcription Factors; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D051758:Transcription Factor TFIIH; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C061897:Rad3 protein, S cerevisiae; D004265:DNA Helicases