title: Interaction of hRad51 and hRad52 with MCM complex: a cross-talk between recombination and replication proteins.
abstract: Human Rad51 and Rad52 are implicated in DNA repair during replication. Here we show, by pull-down assays, that purified hRad51 and hRad52 interact with each other as well as with Mini chromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins in HeLa cell extracts. Furthermore, immunoprecipitation experiments corroborate the same where hRad51 and hRad52 proteins not only cross-talk with each other but also pull down MCM3 and MCM2/3 proteins, respectively. The interaction scoring assays, performed reciprocally, demonstrate the same specificity, based on which, we speculate that MCM complex exhibits strong propensity to get physically recruited to the sites where hRad51 and hRad52-mediated homologously aligned ends need to be replicationally repaired.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai 05, India.
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.forename: Vasundhara M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Navadgi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mallikarjuna
authors.forename: Basuthkar J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D064111:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 2; D064126:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 3; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D051135:Rad51 Recombinase; D051721:Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C066470:MCM3 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C497194:RAD52 protein, human; D051721:Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C495153:RAD51 protein, human; D051135:Rad51 Recombinase; C084859:MCM2 protein, human; D064111:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 2; D064126:Minichromosome Maintenance Complex Component 3