title: Centrin 2 stimulates nucleotide excision repair by interacting with xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein.
abstract: Xeroderma pigmentosum group C (XPC) protein plays a key role in DNA damage recognition in global genome nucleotide excision repair (NER). The protein forms in vivo a heterotrimeric complex involving one of the two human homologs of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad23p and centrin 2, a centrosomal protein. Because centrin 2 is dispensable for the cell-free NER reaction, its role in NER has been unclear. Binding experiments with a series of truncated XPC proteins allowed the centrin 2 binding domain to be mapped to a presumed alpha-helical region near the C terminus, and three amino acid substitutions in this domain abrogated interaction with centrin 2. Human cell lines stably expressing the mutant XPC protein exhibited a significant reduction in global genome NER activity. Furthermore, centrin 2 enhanced the cell-free NER dual incision and damaged DNA binding activities of XPC, which likely require physical interaction between XPC and centrin 2. These results reveal a novel vital function for centrin 2 in NER, the potentiation of damage recognition by XPC.
authors.affiliation: Cellular Physiology Laboratory, RIKEN Discovery Research Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryotaro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Eriko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Shigenori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: Chikahide
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Masutani
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugasawa
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hanaoka
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000528:radiation effects; D004260:DNA Repair; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C472752:CETN2 protein, human; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C086984:XPC protein, human; D004247:DNA