STN1 OB Fold Mutation Alters DNA Binding and Affects Selective Aspects of CST Function.
Mammalian CST (CTC1-STN1-TEN1) participates in multiple aspects of telomere replication and genome-wide recovery from replication stress. CST resembles Replication Protein A (RPA) in that it binds ssDNA and STN1 and TEN1 are structurally similar to RPA2 and RPA3. Conservation between CTC1 and RPA1 is less apparent. Currently the mechanism underlying CST action is largely unknown. Here we address CST mechanism by using a DNA-binding mutant, (STN1 OB-fold mutant, STN1-OBM) to examine the relationship between DNA binding and CST function. In vivo, STN1-OBM affects resolution of endogenous replication stress and telomere duplex replication but telomeric C-strand fill-in and new origin firing after exogenous replication stress are unaffected. These selective effects indicate mechanistic differences in CST action during resolution of different replication problems. In vitro binding studies show that STN1 directly engages both short and long ssDNA oligonucleotides, however STN1-OBM preferentially destabilizes binding to short substrates. The finding that STN1-OBM affects binding to only certain substrates starts to explain the in vivo separation of function observed in STN1-OBM expressing cells. CST is expected to engage DNA substrates of varied length and structure as it acts to resolve different replication problems. Since STN1-OBM will alter CST binding to only some of these substrates, the mutant should affect resolution of only a subset of replication problems, as was observed in the STN1-OBM cells. The in vitro studies also provide insight into CST binding mechanism. Like RPA, CST likely contacts DNA via multiple OB folds. However, the importance of STN1 for binding short substrates indicates differences in the architecture of CST and RPA DNA-protein complexes. Based on our results, we propose a dynamic DNA binding model that provides a general mechanism for CST action at diverse forms of replication stress.
Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.
Anukana
A
Bhattacharjee
Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.|Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America.
Jason
J
Stewart
Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.
Mary
M
Chaiken
Department of Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.
Carolyn M
CM
Price
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