title: The yeast CDP1 gene encodes a triple-helical DNA-binding protein.
abstract: The formation of triple-helical DNA has been implicated in several cellular processes, including transcription, replication and recombination. While there is no direct evidence for triplexes in vivo, cellular proteins that specifically recognize triplex DNA have been described. Using a purine-motif triplex probe and southwestern library screening, we isolated five independent clones expressing the same C-terminal 210 amino acids of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein Cdp1p fused with beta-galactosidase. In electrophoretic mobility shift assays, recombinant Cdp1pDelta1-867 bound Pu-motif triplex DNAs with high affinity (K:(d) approximately 5 nM) and bound Py-motif triplex, duplex and single-stranded DNAs with far lower affinity (0.5-5.0 microM). Genetic analyses revealed that the CDP1 gene product was required for proper chromosome segregation. The possible involvement of triplex DNA in this process is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica, Sezione di Biologia e Genetica, Università degli Studi di Genova, viale Benedetto XV, 6., 16132 Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Musso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bianchi-Scarrà
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Van Dyke
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division; D020090:Chromosome Segregation; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015342:DNA Probes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015698:Genomic Library; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017384:Sequence Deletion / Q000235:genetics; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors
chemical_list: C104718:CTR9 protein, S cerevisiae; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D015342:DNA Probes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D035602:Transcriptional Elongation Factors; C051802:triplex DNA; D004247:DNA