Structures of human exonuclease 1 DNA complexes suggest a unified mechanism for nuclease family |
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Authors: | Orans Jillian McSweeney Elizabeth A Iyer Ravi R Hast Michael A Hellinga Homme W Modrich Paul Beese Lorena S |
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Affiliation: | 1 Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA 2 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Box 3711, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA |
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Abstract: | Human exonuclease 1 (hExo1) plays important roles in DNA repair and recombination processes that maintain genomic integrity. It is a member of the 5' structure-specific nuclease family of exonucleases and endonucleases that includes FEN-1, XPG, and GEN1. We present structures of hExo1 in complex with a DNA substrate, followed by mutagenesis studies, and propose a common mechanism by which this nuclease family recognizes and processes diverse DNA structures. hExo1 induces a sharp bend in the DNA at nicks or gaps. Frayed 5' ends of nicked duplexes resemble flap junctions, unifying the mechanisms of endo- and exonucleolytic processing. Conformational control of a mobile region in the catalytic site suggests a mechanism for allosteric regulation by binding to protein partners. The relative arrangement of substrate binding sites in these enzymes provides an elegant solution to a complex geometrical puzzle of substrate recognition and processing. |
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