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Title | DNA-binding mechanism and evolution of replication protein A. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 14, Issue 1, Page 2326, Year 2023 |
Publish date | Apr 22, 2023 |
Authors | Clément Madru / Markel Martínez-Carranza / Sébastien Laurent / Alessandra C Alberti / Maelenn Chevreuil / Bertrand Raynal / Ahmed Haouz / Rémy A Le Meur / Marc Delarue / Ghislaine Henneke / Didier Flament / Mart Krupovic / Pierre Legrand / Ludovic Sauguet / |
PubMed Abstract | Replication Protein A (RPA) is a heterotrimeric single stranded DNA-binding protein with essential roles in DNA replication, recombination and repair. Little is known about the structure of RPA in ...Replication Protein A (RPA) is a heterotrimeric single stranded DNA-binding protein with essential roles in DNA replication, recombination and repair. Little is known about the structure of RPA in Archaea, the third domain of life. By using an integrative structural, biochemical and biophysical approach, we extensively characterize RPA from Pyrococcus abyssi in the presence and absence of DNA. The obtained X-ray and cryo-EM structures reveal that the trimerization core and interactions promoting RPA clustering on ssDNA are shared between archaea and eukaryotes. However, we also identified a helical domain named AROD (Acidic Rpa1 OB-binding Domain), and showed that, in Archaea, RPA forms an unanticipated tetrameric supercomplex in the absence of DNA. The four RPA molecules clustered within the tetramer could efficiently coat and protect stretches of ssDNA created by the advancing replisome. Finally, our results provide insights into the evolution of this primordial replication factor in eukaryotes. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:37087464 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) / X-ray diffraction |
Resolution | 1.8 - 8.24 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-16444, PDB-8c5y: EMDB-16445, PDB-8c5z: EMDB-16448: Replication Protein A bound to DNA EMDB-16826, PDB-8oej: EMDB-16827, PDB-8oel: PDB-8aa9: PDB-8aaj: PDB-8aas: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-PEG: ChemComp-CL: ChemComp-HOH: ChemComp-ZN: ChemComp-SO4: ChemComp-CA: |
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Keywords | DNA BINDING PROTEIN / Replication protein A / ssDNA-Binding protein / DNA replication / single strand DNA-binding protein / RPA |