title: The Mei5-Sae3 protein complex mediates Dmc1 activity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: During homologous recombination, a number of proteins cooperate to catalyze the loading of recombinases onto single-stranded DNA. Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins stimulate recombination by coating single-stranded DNA and keeping it free of secondary structure; however, in order for recombinases to load on single-stranded-DNA-binding protein-coated DNA, the activity of a class of proteins known as recombination mediators is required. Mediator proteins coordinate the handoff of single-stranded DNA from single-stranded DNA-binding protein to recombinase. Here we show that a complex of Mei5 and Sae3 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae preferentially binds single-stranded DNA and relieves the inhibition of the strand assimilation and DNA binding abilities of the meiotic recombinase Dmc1 imposed by the single-stranded DNA-binding protein replication protein A. Additionally, we demonstrate the physical interaction of Mei5-Sae3 with replication protein A. Our results, together with previous in vivo studies, indicate that Mei5-Sae3 is a mediator of Dmc1 assembly during meiotic recombination in S. cerevisiae.
authors.affiliation: Committee on Cancer Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: Susan R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grubb
authors.forename: Douglas K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bishop
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008540:Meiosis / Q000502:physiology*; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D045522:Recombinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic / Q000502:physiology; D051716:Replication Protein A / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; C513033:DMC1 protein, S cerevisiae; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C495980:Mei5 protein, S cerevisiae; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D045522:Recombinases; D051716:Replication Protein A; C107851:SAE3 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins