Structure and specificity of FEN-1 from Methanopyrus kandleri

Santosh Shah, Pete Dunten, Amanda Stiteler, Chad K. Park, Nancy C. Horton

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Abstract

DNA repair is fundamental to genome stability and is found in all three domains of life. However many archaeal species, such as Methanopyrus kandleri, contain only a subset of the eukaryotic nucleotide excision repair (NER) homologs, and those present often contain significant differences compared to their eukaryotic homologs. To clarify the role of the NER XPG-like protein Mk0566 from M. kandleri, its biochemical activity and three-dimensional structure were investigated. Both were found to be more similar to human FEN-1 than human XPG, suggesting a biological role in replication and long-patch base excision repair rather than in NER.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)188-194
Number of pages7
JournalProteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics
Volume83
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2015

Keywords

  • DNA nuclease
  • Nucleotide excision repair
  • Protein-DNA complex

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology

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