title: A nanomachine for making ends meet: MRN is a flexing scaffold for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks.
abstract: In a recent study (Moreno-Herrero et al., 2005), atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging of the human Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 (MRN) complex engaging substrate DNA revealed large-scale, DNA binding-induced propagation of conformational change to the distal ends of the Rad50 coiled coils and erection of a 1000 A scaffold to productively bridge DNA ends.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
authors.forename: R Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tainer
mesh_terms: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D000076228:MRE11 Homologue Protein; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C121766:MRE11 protein, human; C112156:NBN protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000076228:MRE11 Homologue Protein; D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; C112158:RAD50 protein, human; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes