title: Direct association of Bloom's syndrome gene product with the human mismatch repair protein MLH1.
abstract: Bloom's syndrome (BS) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by genomic instability and cancer susceptibility. BLM, the gene mutated in BS, encodes a member of the RecQ family of DNA helicases. Here, we identify hMLH1, which is involved in mismatch repair (MMR) and recombination, as a protein that directly interacts with BLM both in vivo and in vitro, and that the two proteins co-localise to discrete nuclear foci. The interaction between BLM and hMLH1 appears to have been evolutionarily conserved, as Sgs1p, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae homologue of BLM, interacts with yeast Mlh1p. However, cell extracts derived from BS patients show no obvious defects in MMR compared to wild-type- and BLM-complemented BS cell extracts. We conclude that the hMLH1-BLM interaction is not essential for post-replicative MMR, but, more likely, is required for some aspect of genetic recombination.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pedrazzi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perrera
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blaser
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kuster
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freire
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Hickson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiricny
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stagljar
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020137:Base Pair Mismatch; D001816:Bloom Syndrome; D026481:Blotting, Far-Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004265:DNA Helicases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004260:DNA Repair; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021381:Protein Transport; D053484:RecQ Helicases; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C088859:MLH1 protein, S cerevisiae; C501486:MLH1 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C097151:Bloom syndrome protein; C506725:RECQL protein, human; C090472:SGS1 protein, S cerevisiae; D000070957:MutL Protein Homolog 1; D004265:DNA Helicases; D053484:RecQ Helicases