title: Structural biochemistry and interaction architecture of the DNA double-strand break repair Mre11 nuclease and Rad50-ATPase.
abstract: To clarify functions of the Mre11/Rad50 (MR) complex in DNA double-strand break repair, we report Pyrococcus furiosus Mre11 crystal structures, revealing a protein phosphatase-like, dimanganese binding domain capped by a unique domain controlling active site access. These structures unify Mre11's multiple nuclease activities in a single endo/exonuclease mechanism and reveal eukaryotic macromolecular interaction sites by mapping human and yeast Mre11 mutations. Furthermore, the structure of the P. furiosus Rad50 ABC-ATPase with its adjacent coiled-coil defines a compact Mre11/Rad50-ATPase complex and suggests that Rad50-ATP-driven conformational switching directly controls the Mre11 exonuclease. Electron microscopy, small angle X-ray scattering, and ultracentrifugation data of human and P. furiosus MR reveal a dual functional complex consisting of a (Mre11)2/(Rad50)2 heterotetrameric DNA processing head and a double coiled-coil linker.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Hopfner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karcher
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Carney
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tainer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019843:Archaeal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000502:physiology; D003461:Crystallography; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000502:physiology*; D019641:DNA, Archaeal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005090:Exodeoxyribonucleases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D020027:Pyrococcus furiosus
chemical_list: D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D019641:DNA, Archaeal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004247:DNA; D004706:Endodeoxyribonucleases; D005090:Exodeoxyribonucleases; C415985:Mre11 protein, archaeal; C415984:Rad50 protein, archaeal