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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Repair of DNA interstrand cross-links is a complex process critical to which is the identification of sites of damage by specific proteins. We have recently identified the structural protein nonerythroid alpha spectrin (alphaSpIISigma) as a component of a nuclear protein complex in normal human cells which is involved in the repair of DNA interstrand cross-links and have shown that it forms a complex with the Fanconi anemia proteins FANCA, FANCC, and FANCG. Using DNA affinity chromatography, we now show that alphaSpIISigma, present in HeLa cell nuclei, specifically binds to DNA containing psoralen interstrand cross-links and that the FANCA, FANCC, and FANCG proteins are bound to this damaged DNA as well. That spectrin binds directly to the cross-linked DNA has been shown using purified bovine brain spectrin (alphaSpIISigma1/betaSpIISigma1)2. Binding of the Fanconi anemia (FA) proteins to the damaged DNA may be either direct or indirect via their association with alphaSpIISigma. These results demonstrate a role for alpha spectrin in the nucleus as well as a new function for this protein in the cell, an involvement in DNA repair. alphaSpIISigma may bind to cross-linked DNA and act as a scaffold to help in the recruitment of repair proteins to the site of damage and aid in their alignment and interaction with each other, thus enhancing the efficiency of the repair process.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Cycle Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cross-Linking Reagents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Adducts, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/FANCA protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/FANCC protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/FANCG protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fanconi Anemia Complementation..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fanconi Anemia Complementation..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fanconi Anemia Complementation..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fanconi Anemia Complementation..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ficusin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Spectrin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7025-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Cross-Linking Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-DNA Adducts, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-DNA Repair, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Fanconi Anemia, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group A Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group G Protein, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Ficusin, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11401546-Spectrin
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Human alpha spectrin II and the FANCA, FANCC, and FANCG proteins bind to DNA containing psoralen interstrand cross-links.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.