title: Yeast Rad7-Rad16 complex, specific for the nucleotide excision repair of the nontranscribed DNA strand, is an ATP-dependent DNA damage sensor.
abstract: In eukaryotes, nucleotide excision repair of ultraviolet light-damaged DNA is a highly intricate process that requires a large number of evolutionarily conserved protein factors. Genetic studies in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have indicated a specific role of the RAD7 and RAD16 genes in the repair of transcriptionally inactive DNA. Here we show that the RAD7- and RAD16-encoded products exist as a complex of 1:1 stoichiometry, exhibiting an apparent dissociation constant (Kd) of <4 x 10(-10) M. The Rad7-Rad16 complex has been purified to near homogeneity in this study and is shown to bind, in an ATP-dependent manner and with high specificity, to DNA damaged by ultraviolet light. Importantly, inclusion of the Rad7-Rad16 complex in the in vitro nucleotide excision repair system that consists entirely of purified components results in a marked stimulation of damage specific incision. Thus, Rad7-Rad16 complex is the ATP-dependent DNA damage sensor that specifically functions with the ensemble of nucleotide excision repair factor (NEF) 1, NEF2, NEF3, and replication protein A in the repair of transcriptionally inactive DNA. We name this novel complex of Rad7 and Rad16 proteins NEF4.
authors.affiliation: Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1061, USA.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Guzder
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prakash
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015693:Gene Products, nef / Q000378:metabolism; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D015693:Gene Products, nef; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; C063915:RAD7 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C075467:RAD16 protein, S cerevisiae