title: DNA integration by Ty integrase in yku70 mutant Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells.
abstract: In the present work we examined nonhomologous integration of plasmid DNA in a yku70 mutant. Ten of 14 plasmids integrated as composite elements, including Ty sequences probably originating from erroneous strand-switching and/or priming events. Three additional plasmids integrated via Ty integrase without cointegrating Ty sequences, as inferred from 5-bp target site duplication and integration site preferences. Ty integrase-mediated integration of non-Ty DNA has never been observed in wild-type cells, although purified integrase is capable of using non-Ty DNA as a substrate in vitro. Hence our data implicate yKu70 as the cellular function preventing integrase from accepting non-Ty DNA as a substrate.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiobiology, GSF Research Center, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kiechle
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Friedl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manivasakam
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eckardt-Schupp
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Schiestl
mesh_terms: D034961:Antigens, Nuclear; D015825:Chromosomes, Fungal; D004265:DNA Helicases; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D019426:Integrases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072200:Ku Autoantigen; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D018626:Retroelements; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D034961:Antigens, Nuclear; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D018626:Retroelements; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C520769:YKU70 protein, S cerevisiae; C081647:high affinity DNA-binding factor, S cerevisiae; D019426:Integrases; D004265:DNA Helicases; C106893:XRCC5 protein, human; C000606509:Xrcc6 protein, human; D000072200:Ku Autoantigen