title: Allelism of Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene PSO10, involved in error-prone repair of psoralen-induced DNA damage, with SUMO ligase-encoding MMS21.
abstract: In order to extend the understanding of the genetical and biochemical basis of photo-activated psoralen-induced DNA repair in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae we have identified and cloned 10 pso mutants. Here, we describe the phenotypic characterization and molecular cloning of the pso10-1 mutant which is highly sensitive to photoactivated psoralens, UV(254) (nm) radiation and the alkylating agent methylmethane sulphonate. The pso10-1 mutant allele also confers a block in the mutagenic response to photoactivated psoralens and UV(254) (nm) radiation, and homoallelic diploids do not sporulate. Molecular cloning using a yeast genomic library, sequence analysis and genetic complementation experiments proved pso10-1 to be a mutant allele of gene MMS21 that encodes a SUMO ligase involved in the sumoylation of several DNA repair proteins. The ORF of pso10-1 contains a single nucleotide C-->T transition at position 758, which leads to a change in amino acid sequence from serine to phenylalanine [S253F]. Pso10-1p defines a leaky mutant phenotype of the essential MMS21 gene, and as member of the Smc5-Smc6 complex, still has some essential functions that allow survival of the mutant. DNA repair via translesion synthesis is severely impaired as the pso10-1 mutant allele confers severely blocked induced forward and reverse mutagenesis and shows epistatic interaction with a rev3Delta mutant allele. By identifying the allelism of PSO10 and MMS21 we demonstrate the need of a fully functional Smc5-Smc6 complex for a WT-like adequate repair of photoactivated psoralen-induced DNA damage in yeast.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biofísica, Prédio 43422, Laboratório 210 Campus do Vale, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Avenida Bento Gonçalves 9500, Bairro Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS CEP 91501-970, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nícolas C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Hoch
authors.forename: Rafael S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Renato M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Roseane M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: Jenifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saffi
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brendel
authors.forename: João A P
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Henriques
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005363:Ficusin / Q000633:toxicity*; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C500948:Mms21 protein, S cerevisiae; C486627:SMC5 protein, S cerevisiae; C486631:SMC6 protein, S cerevisiae; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D005363:Ficusin