title: Cloning and characterization of the yeast RAD1 homolog gene (mus-38) from Neurospora crassa: evidence for involvement in nucleotide excision repair.
abstract: A Neurospora crassa gene encoding a product with homology to the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad1 nucleotide excision repair (NER) protein was isolated by degenerate PCR. The predicted protein consists of 892 amino acids with a molecular weight of 100.4 kDa, and 32-37% identity to the XPF/ERCC4 protein family. The homolog was mapped to the left arm of linkage group I, the location of the mus-38 gene. Subsequently, gene inactivation and complementation studies identified the RAD1 homolog as mus-38. Immunological assays showed that the mus-18 (UV-specific endonuclease) and mus-38 strains have partial and normal UV-damage excision activities, respectively, but removal of thymine dimers and TC (6-4) photoproducts is abolished in the mus-18 mus-38 double mutant. The double mutant also was synergistically more sensitive to UV than either single mutant. The data suggest that mus-38 may participate in a different NER pathway from that involving the mus-18 gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Regulation Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Urawa 338-8570, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimane
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004249:DNA Damage; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000235:genetics*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009492:Neurospora crassa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D004720:Endonucleases; C069266:RAD1 protein, S cerevisiae; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes