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lifeskim:mentions
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1
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2007-12-6
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Flap endonuclease-1 (FEN-1) is a structure-specific endonuclease that is critical for the resolution of single-stranded DNA flap intermediates that form during long patch DNA base excision repair (BER). This investigation reports that Plasmodium species encode FEN-1 homologs. Protein sequence analysis revealed the N and I domains of Plasmodium falciparum (PfFEN-1) and Plasmodium yoelii (PyFEN-1) to be homologous to FEN-1 from other species. However, each possessed an extended C domain which had limited homology to apicomplexan FEN-1s and no homology to eukaryotic FEN-1s. A conserved proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-binding site was identified at an internal location rather than the extreme C-terminal location typically seen in FEN-1 from other organisms. The endonuclease and exonuclease activities of PfFEN-1 and PyFEN-1 were investigated using recombinant protein produced in Escherichia coli. Pf and PyFEN-1 possessed DNA structure-specific flap endonuclease and 5'-->3' exonuclease activities, similar to FEN-1s from other species. Endonuclease activity was stimulated by Mg(2+) or Mn(2+) and inhibited by monovalent ions (>20.0 mM). A PfFEN-1 C-terminal truncation mutant lacking the terminal 250 amino acids (PfFEN-1DeltaC) had endonuclease activity that was approximately 130-fold greater (k(cat)=1.2x10(-1)) than full-length PfFEN-1 (k(cat)=9.1x10(-4)) or approximately 240-fold greater than PyFEN-1 (k(cat)=4.9x10(-4)) in vitro. PfFEN-1 generated a nicked DNA substrate that was ligated by recombinant Pf DNA Ligase I (PfLigI) using an in vitro DNA repair assay. Plasmodium FEN-1s have enzymatic activities similar to other species but contain extended C-termini and a more internally located PCNA-binding site.
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eng
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IM
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