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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-6
pubmed:abstractText
Functional studies strongly suggest that the Mus81-Eme1 complex resolves Holliday junctions (HJs) in fission yeast, but in vitro it preferentially cleaves flexible three-way branched structures that model replication forks or 3' flaps. Here we report that a nicked HJ is the preferred substrate of endogenous and recombinant Mus81-Eme1. Cleavage occurs specifically on the strand that opposes the nick, resulting in resolution of the structure into linear duplex products. Resolving cuts made by the endogenous Mus81-Eme1 complex on an intact HJ are quasi-simultaneous, indicating that Mus81-Eme1 resolves HJs by a nick and counternick mechanism, with a large rate enhancement of the second cut arising from the flexible nature of the nicked HJ intermediate. Recombinant Mus81-Eme1 is ineffective at making the first cut. We also report that HJs accumulate in a DNA polymerase alpha mutant that lacks Mus81, providing further evidence that the Mus81-Eme1 complex targets HJs in vivo.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Polymerase I, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Eme1protein, S pombe, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endonucleases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MUS81 protein, S cerevisiae, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Macromolecular Substances, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/xeroderma pigmentosum group F...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1097-2765
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
747-59
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-DNA Polymerase I, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-DNA Replication, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Endonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Schizosaccharomyces, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14527419-Substrate Specificity
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The endogenous Mus81-Eme1 complex resolves Holliday junctions by a nick and counternick mechanism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't