TY - JOUR
T1 - Translesion synthesis of acetylaminofluorene-dG adducts by DNA polymerase ζ is stimulated by yeast Rev1 protein
AU - Guo, Dongyu
AU - Xie, Zhongwen
AU - Shen, Huiyun
AU - Zhao, Bo
AU - Wang, Zhigang
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by NIH grant CA92528.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Translesion synthesis is an important mechanism in response to unrepaired DNA lesions during replication. The DNA polymerase ζ (Polζ) mutagenesis pathway is a major error-prone translesion synthesis mechanism requiring Polζ and Rev1. In addition to its dCMP transferase, a non-catalytic function of Rev1 is suspected in cellular response to certain types of DNA lesions. However, it is not well understood about the non-catalytic function of Rev1 in translesion synthesis. We have analyzed the role of Rev1 in translesion synthesis of an acetylaminofluorene (AAF)-dG DNA adduct. Purified yeast Rev1 was essentially unresponsive to a template AAF-dG DNA adduct, in contrast to its efficient C insertion opposite a template 1,N6-ethenoadenine adduct. Purified yeast Polζ was very inefficient in the bypass of the AAF-dG adduct. Combining Revl and Polζ, however, led to a synergistic effect on translesion synthesis. Rev1 protein enhanced Polζ-catalyzed nucleotide insertion opposite the AAF-dG adduct and strongly stimulated Polζ-catalyzed extension from opposite the lesion. Rev1 also stimulated the deficient synthesis by Polζ at the very end of undamaged DNA templates. Deleting the C-terminal 205 aa of Rev1 did not affect its dCMP transferase activity, but abolished its stimulatory activity on Polζ-catalyzed extension from opposite the AAF-dG adduct. These results suggest that translesion synthesis of AAF-dG adducts by Polζ is stimulated by Rev1 protein in yeast. Consistent with the in vitro results, both Polζ and Rev1 were found to be equally important for error-prone translesion synthesis across from AAF-dG DNA adducts in yeast cells.
AB - Translesion synthesis is an important mechanism in response to unrepaired DNA lesions during replication. The DNA polymerase ζ (Polζ) mutagenesis pathway is a major error-prone translesion synthesis mechanism requiring Polζ and Rev1. In addition to its dCMP transferase, a non-catalytic function of Rev1 is suspected in cellular response to certain types of DNA lesions. However, it is not well understood about the non-catalytic function of Rev1 in translesion synthesis. We have analyzed the role of Rev1 in translesion synthesis of an acetylaminofluorene (AAF)-dG DNA adduct. Purified yeast Rev1 was essentially unresponsive to a template AAF-dG DNA adduct, in contrast to its efficient C insertion opposite a template 1,N6-ethenoadenine adduct. Purified yeast Polζ was very inefficient in the bypass of the AAF-dG adduct. Combining Revl and Polζ, however, led to a synergistic effect on translesion synthesis. Rev1 protein enhanced Polζ-catalyzed nucleotide insertion opposite the AAF-dG adduct and strongly stimulated Polζ-catalyzed extension from opposite the lesion. Rev1 also stimulated the deficient synthesis by Polζ at the very end of undamaged DNA templates. Deleting the C-terminal 205 aa of Rev1 did not affect its dCMP transferase activity, but abolished its stimulatory activity on Polζ-catalyzed extension from opposite the AAF-dG adduct. These results suggest that translesion synthesis of AAF-dG adducts by Polζ is stimulated by Rev1 protein in yeast. Consistent with the in vitro results, both Polζ and Rev1 were found to be equally important for error-prone translesion synthesis across from AAF-dG DNA adducts in yeast cells.
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U2 - 10.1093/nar/gkh279
DO - 10.1093/nar/gkh279
M3 - Article
C2 - 14960722
AN - SCOPUS:2342635739
SN - 0305-1048
VL - 32
SP - 1122
EP - 1130
JO - Nucleic Acids Research
JF - Nucleic Acids Research
IS - 3
ER -