Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
BB/W01355X/1
United Kingdom
Cancer Research UK
CC2098
United Kingdom
Medical Research Council (MRC, United Kingdom)
CC2098
United Kingdom
Wellcome Trust
CC2098
United Kingdom
European Research Council (ERC)
ERC-ADG-666400
European Union
Citation
Journal: Nature / Year: 2023 Title: Structure and function of the RAD51B-RAD51C-RAD51D-XRCC2 tumour suppressor. Authors: Luke A Greenhough / Chih-Chao Liang / Ondrej Belan / Simone Kunzelmann / Sarah Maslen / Monica C Rodrigo-Brenni / Roopesh Anand / Mark Skehel / Simon J Boulton / Stephen C West / Abstract: Homologous recombination is a fundamental process of life. It is required for the protection and restart of broken replication forks, the repair of chromosome breaks and the exchange of genetic ...Homologous recombination is a fundamental process of life. It is required for the protection and restart of broken replication forks, the repair of chromosome breaks and the exchange of genetic material during meiosis. Individuals with mutations in key recombination genes, such as BRCA2 (also known as FANCD1), or the RAD51 paralogues RAD51B, RAD51C (also known as FANCO), RAD51D, XRCC2 (also known as FANCU) and XRCC3, are predisposed to breast, ovarian and prostate cancers and the cancer-prone syndrome Fanconi anaemia. The BRCA2 tumour suppressor protein-the product of BRCA2-is well characterized, but the cellular functions of the RAD51 paralogues remain unclear. Genetic knockouts display growth defects, reduced RAD51 focus formation, spontaneous chromosome abnormalities, sensitivity to PARP inhibitors and replication fork defects, but the precise molecular roles of RAD51 paralogues in fork stability, DNA repair and cancer avoidance remain unknown. Here we used cryo-electron microscopy, AlphaFold2 modelling and structural proteomics to determine the structure of the RAD51B-RAD51C-RAD51D-XRCC2 complex (BCDX2), revealing that RAD51C-RAD51D-XRCC2 mimics three RAD51 protomers aligned within a nucleoprotein filament, whereas RAD51B is highly dynamic. Biochemical and single-molecule analyses showed that BCDX2 stimulates the nucleation and extension of RAD51 filaments-which are essential for recombinational DNA repair-in reactions that depend on the coupled ATPase activities of RAD51B and RAD51C. Our studies demonstrate that BCDX2 orchestrates RAD51 assembly on single stranded DNA for replication fork protection and double strand break repair, in reactions that are critical for tumour avoidance.
Details: 25 mM HEPES pH 7.5, 100 mM NaCl, 2.5 mM MgCl2, 0.5 mM ADP.AlFx (0.5 mM ADP, 0.5 mM AlCl3, 10 mM NaF), 0.25 mM TCEP, 0.00075% Tween20, 0.075 mM CHAPSO
Grid
Model: UltrAuFoil R2/2 / Material: GOLD / Mesh: 200 / Support film - Material: GOLD / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE / Pretreatment - Time: 60 sec. / Pretreatment - Atmosphere: AIR / Details: 45 mA
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 95 % / Chamber temperature: 277.15 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV
-
Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN KRIOS
Image recording
Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) / Number grids imaged: 1 / Number real images: 35305 / Average exposure time: 2.78 sec. / Average electron dose: 53.2 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
Number classes: 30 / Avg.num./class: 156505 / Software - Name: RELION (ver. 4) Details: Signal subtraction of ssDNA binding site, followed by focussed 3D classification without alignment
FSC plot (resolution estimation)
+
About Yorodumi
-
News
-
Feb 9, 2022. New format data for meta-information of EMDB entries
New format data for meta-information of EMDB entries
Version 3 of the EMDB header file is now the official format.
The previous official version 1.9 will be removed from the archive.
In the structure databanks used in Yorodumi, some data are registered as the other names, "COVID-19 virus" and "2019-nCoV". Here are the details of the virus and the list of structure data.
Jan 31, 2019. EMDB accession codes are about to change! (news from PDBe EMDB page)
EMDB accession codes are about to change! (news from PDBe EMDB page)
The allocation of 4 digits for EMDB accession codes will soon come to an end. Whilst these codes will remain in use, new EMDB accession codes will include an additional digit and will expand incrementally as the available range of codes is exhausted. The current 4-digit format prefixed with “EMD-” (i.e. EMD-XXXX) will advance to a 5-digit format (i.e. EMD-XXXXX), and so on. It is currently estimated that the 4-digit codes will be depleted around Spring 2019, at which point the 5-digit format will come into force.
The EM Navigator/Yorodumi systems omit the EMD- prefix.
Related info.:Q: What is EMD? / ID/Accession-code notation in Yorodumi/EM Navigator
Yorodumi is a browser for structure data from EMDB, PDB, SASBDB, etc.
This page is also the successor to EM Navigator detail page, and also detail information page/front-end page for Omokage search.
The word "yorodu" (or yorozu) is an old Japanese word meaning "ten thousand". "mi" (miru) is to see.
Related info.:EMDB / PDB / SASBDB / Comparison of 3 databanks / Yorodumi Search / Aug 31, 2016. New EM Navigator & Yorodumi / Yorodumi Papers / Jmol/JSmol / Function and homology information / Changes in new EM Navigator and Yorodumi