A physical and functional interaction between yeast Pol4 and Dnl4-Lif1 links DNA synthesis and ligation in nonhomologous end joining |
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Authors: | Tseng Hui-Min Tomkinson Alan E |
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Affiliation: | Department of Molecular Medicine and Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78245-3207, USA. |
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Abstract: | Genetic studies have implicated the Saccharomyces cerevisiae POL4 gene product in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks by nonhomologous end joining. Here we show that Pol4 preferentially catalyzes DNA synthesis on small gaps formed by the alignment of linear duplex DNA molecules with complementary ends, a DNA substrate specificity that is compatible with its predicted role in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Pol4 also interacts directly with the Dnl4 subunit of the Dnl4-Lif1 complex via its N-terminal BRCT domain. This interaction stimulates the DNA synthesis activity of Pol4 and, to a lesser extent, the DNA joining activity of Dnl4-Lif1. Notably, the joining of DNA substrates that require the combined action of Pol4 and Dnl4-Lif1 is much more efficient than the joining of similar DNA substrates that require only ligation. Thus, the physical and functional interactions between Pol4 and Dnl4-Lif1 provide a molecular mechanism for both the recruitment of Pol4 to in vivo DNA double-strand breaks and the coupling of the gap filling DNA synthesis and DNA joining reactions that complete the microhomology-mediated pathway of nonhomologous end joining. |
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