title: Transfer of the MSH2.MSH6 complex from proliferating cell nuclear antigen to mispaired bases in DNA.
abstract: Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is thought to play a role in DNA mismatch repair at the DNA synthesis step as well as in an earlier step. Studies showing that PCNA interacts with mispair-binding protein complexes, MSH2.MSH3 and MSH2.MSH6, and that PCNA enhances MSH2.MSH6 mispair binding specificity suggest PCNA may be involved in mispair recognition. Here we show that PCNA and MSH2.MSH6 form a stable ternary complex with a homoduplex (G/C) DNA, but MSH2.MSH6 binding to a heteroduplex (G/T) DNA disrupts MSH2.MSH6 binding to PCNA. We also found that the addition of ATP or adenosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) restores MSH2.MSH6 binding to PCNA, presumably by disrupting MSH2.MSH6 binding to the heteroduplex (G/T) DNA. These results support a model in which MSH2.MSH6 binds to PCNA loaded on newly replicated DNA and is transferred from PCNA to mispaired bases in DNA.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California 92093-0660, USA.
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Kolodner
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D020137:Base Pair Mismatch; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004260:DNA Repair; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051718:MutS Homolog 2 Protein; D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; C098790:MSH6 protein, S cerevisiae; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009692:Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes; D018809:Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D004247:DNA; C489751:MSH2 protein, S cerevisiae; D051718:MutS Homolog 2 Protein