The BRC Repeats of BRCA2 Modulate the DNA-Binding Selectivity of RAD51

Carreira, Aura; Hilario, Jovencio; Amitani, Ichiro; Baskin, Ronald J.; Shivji, Mahmud K. K.; Venkitaraman, Ashok R.; Kowalczykowski, Stephen C.

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.02.019

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“…To investigate the molecular mechanism underlying p53(WT)-mediated recombination stimulation, we silenced factors implicated in the bypass of blocked replication forks. p53 inhibits the helicase and the branch-migrating activities of Bloom syndrome protein (BLM) and Werner syndrome protein (WRN) helicases, which are involved in the regulation of HR and in the bypass of replication barriers (32,33), whereas RAD51 and breast cancer 2 (BRCA2) are involved in HR-dependent postreplication repair (34,35). Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-associated recombination inhibitor (PARI) associates with DNA damage sites via SUMOylated PCNA and blocks recombination by inhibition of RAD51-DNA filament formation (36).…”

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DNA damage tolerance pathway involving DNA polymerase ι and the tumor suppressor p53 regulates DNA replication fork progression

Hampp

Kießling

Buechle

et al. 2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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DNA damage tolerance facilitates the progression of replication forks that have encountered obstacles on the template strands. It involves either translesion DNA synthesis initiated by proliferating cell nuclear antigen monoubiquitination or less well-characterized fork reversal and template switch mechanisms. Herein, we characterize a novel tolerance pathway requiring the tumor suppressor p53, the translesion polymerase ι (POLι), the ubiquitin ligase Rad5-related helicase-like transcription factor (HLTF), and the SWI/SNF catalytic subunit (SNF2) translocase zinc finger ran-binding domain containing 3 (ZRANB3). This novel p53 activity is lost in the exonucleasedeficient but transcriptionally active p53(H115N) mutant. Wild-type p53, but not p53(H115N), associates with POLι in vivo. Strikingly, the concerted action of p53 and POLι decelerates nascent DNA elongation and promotes HLTF/ZRANB3-dependent recombination during unperturbed DNA replication. Particularly after cross-linkerinduced replication stress, p53 and POLι also act together to promote meiotic recombination enzyme 11 (MRE11)-dependent accumulation of (phospho-)replication protein A (RPA)-coated ssDNA. These results implicate a direct role of p53 in the processing of replication forks encountering obstacles on the template strand. Our findings define an unprecedented function of p53 and POLι in the DNA damage response to endogenous or exogenous replication stress.T he tumor suppressor protein p53 has been called the guardianof-the-genome due to its ability to transactivate downstream targets transcriptionally, which prevents S-phase entrance before facilitating DNA repair or eliminating cells with severe DNA damage via apoptosis (1). Interestingly, p53 also encodes an intrinsic 3′-5′ exonuclease activity located within its central DNA-binding domain (2-4). The contribution of the exonuclease proficiency to p53's function has largely remained obscure. Exonucleases are involved in DNA replication, DNA repair, and recombination, increasing the fidelity or efficiency of these processes. The 3′-5′ exonuclease activity of DNA polymerases (POLs) catalyzes the correction of replication errors, thereby preventing genomic instability and cancer (5-7). The potential involvement of p53's exonuclease in DNA repair has been ascribed to transcription-independent functions in nucleotide excision repair and base excision repair, in homologous recombination (HR), and in mitochondrial processes (8-10).Regarding HR, in particular, reports indicate a dual role for p53. On the one hand, it has been reported that p53 down-regulates unscheduled and excessive HR in response to severe genotoxic stress, like formation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) (8-10). This antirecombinogenic effect of p53 has been linked to the blockage of continued strand exchange by interactions with recombinase RAD51, RAD54, and nascent HR intermediates carrying specific mismatches (11, 12). On the other hand, p53 stimulates spontaneous HR during S-phase to overcome replication fork stalling and to pr...

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DNA damage tolerance pathway involving DNA polymerase ι and the tumor suppressor p53 regulates DNA replication fork progression

Hampp

Kießling

Buechle

et al. 2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…The NPF is responsible for DNA sequence homology recognition in a duplex DNA, usually the sister chromatid, and formation of a joint intermediate that will serve as a priming site for DNA synthesis needed to copy the missing information (Benson et al , 1994). In the cell, HR is tightly regulated, for example by the tumour‐suppressor protein BRCA2 (Sung & Klein, 2006), which is known to mediate the loading of hRAD51 onto RPA‐coated ssDNA, making use of its ability to bind hRAD51 with its BRC‐repeat domain (Wong et al , 1997; Chen et al , 1998; Carreira et al , 2009). …”

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Two distinct conformational states define the interaction of human RAD 51‐ ATP with single‐stranded DNA

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An essential mechanism for repairing DNA double‐strand breaks is homologous recombination (HR). One of its core catalysts is human RAD51 (hRAD51), which assembles as a helical nucleoprotein filament on single‐stranded DNA, promoting DNA‐strand exchange. Here, we study the interaction of hRAD51 with single‐stranded DNA using a single‐molecule approach. We show that ATP‐bound hRAD51 filaments can exist in two different states with different contour lengths and with a free‐energy difference of ~4 kBT per hRAD51 monomer. Upon ATP hydrolysis, the filaments convert into a disassembly‐competent ADP‐bound configuration. In agreement with the single‐molecule analysis, we demonstrate the presence of two distinct protomer interfaces in the crystal structure of a hRAD51‐ATP filament, providing a structural basis for the two conformational states of the filament. Together, our findings provide evidence that hRAD51‐ATP filaments can exist in two interconvertible conformational states, which might be functionally relevant for DNA homology recognition and strand exchange.

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“…In addition, we examined a BRC4 mutant, Δ7BRC4, which lacks seven conserved amino acid residues (1524-FHTASGK-1530) that are necessary to bind RAD51 (16) (Fig. 1A, module I).…”

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“…We have previously shown that the BRC repeats of BRCA2 modulate the DNA binding selectivity of RAD51 to stimulate the assembly on ssDNA by inhibiting its ATP hydrolysis and preventing its association with dsDNA (2,11,16); as a result, BRCA2 catalyzes the recombination activity of RAD51 (17).…”

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BRCA2 regulates DMC1-mediated recombination through the BRC repeats

Martinez

Nicolai

Kim

et al. 2016

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In somatic cells, BRCA2 is needed for RAD51-mediated homologous recombination. The meiosis-specific DNA strand exchange protein, DMC1, promotes the formation of DNA strand invasion products (joint molecules) between homologous molecules in a fashion similar to RAD51. BRCA2 interacts directly with both human RAD51 and DMC1; in the case of RAD51, this interaction results in stimulation of RAD51-promoted DNA strand exchange. However, for DMC1, little is known regarding the basis and functional consequences of its interaction with BRCA2. Here we report that human DMC1 interacts directly with each of the BRC repeats of BRCA2, albeit most tightly with repeats 1-3 and 6-8. However, BRC1-3 bind with higher affinity to RAD51 than to DMC1, whereas BRC6-8 bind with higher affinity to DMC1, providing potential spatial organization to nascent filament formation. With the exception of BRC4, each BRC repeat stimulates joint molecule formation by DMC1. The basis for this stimulation is an enhancement of DMC1-ssDNA complex formation by the stimulatory BRC repeats. Lastly, we demonstrate that full-length BRCA2 protein stimulates DMC1-mediated DNA strand exchange between RPAssDNA complexes and duplex DNA, thus identifying BRCA2 as a mediator of DMC1 recombination function. Collectively, our results suggest unique and specialized functions for the BRC motifs of BRCA2 in promoting homologous recombination in meiotic and mitotic cells.T he breast cancer susceptibility protein 2, BRCA2, regulates RAD51-mediated homologous recombination (HR) (1-3). Both RAD51, a DNA strand exchange protein, and its meiotic counterpart, DMC1 (disrupted meiotic cDNA 1 or DNA meiotic recombinase 1), promote HR through the formation of a nucleoprotein filament on ssDNA (4). This filament finds and invades a homologous template, resulting in a DNA strand invasion product called a joint molecule or a displacement-loop (D-loop). The joint molecule provides a primer template for the new DNA synthesis required to repair the DNA double strand break (DSB).The first evidence implicating BRCA2 in meiosis came from studies in Ustilago maydis, where strains lacking the BRCA2 ortholog, Brh2, resulted in absence of meiotic products (5). Shortly thereafter, mouse BRCA2 was inferred to coordinate the activities of RAD51 and DMC1 (6). The first direct interaction between BRCA2 and DMC1 was observed in plants (7) and later in humans (8). In the plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, the interaction between Brca2 and Dmc1 was mapped to the BRC repeats (9), a highly conserved motif comprising a sequence of ∼35 amino acids that is present at least once in all BRCA2-like proteins (10). In humans, BRCA2 contains eight BRC repeats that bind with different affinities to RAD51, and they segregate into two functional classes (11). Within a BRC repeat, two motifs that bind RAD51 have been identified: one comprising the consensus sequence FxxA that mimics the oligomerization interface (12) and contacts the catalytic domain of RAD51; the other binding module comprises the alpha-helical region o...

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The BRC Repeats of BRCA2 Modulate the DNA-Binding Selectivity of RAD51

Cited by 217 publications

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DNA damage tolerance pathway involving DNA polymerase ι and the tumor suppressor p53 regulates DNA replication fork progression

DNA damage tolerance pathway involving DNA polymerase ι and the tumor suppressor p53 regulates DNA replication fork progression

Two distinct conformational states define the interaction of human RAD 51‐ ATP with single‐stranded DNA

BRCA2 regulates DMC1-mediated recombination through the BRC repeats

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