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Function
[RFA1_HUMAN] Plays an essential role in several cellular processes in DNA metabolism including replication, recombination and DNA repair. Binds and subsequently stabilizes single-stranded DNA intermediates and thus prevents complementary DNA from reannealing.[1] [2] Functions as component of the alternative replication protein A complex (aRPA). aRPA binds single-stranded DNA and probably plays a role in DNA repair; it does not support chromosomal DNA replication and cell cycle progression through S-phase. In vitro, aRPA cannot promote efficient priming by DNA polymerase alpha but supports DNA polymerase delta synthesis in the presence of PCNA and replication factor C (RFC), the dual incision/excision reaction of nucleotide excision repair and RAD51-dependent strand exchange.[3] [4]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Although structures of single-stranded (ss)DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) have been reported with and without ssDNA, the mechanism of ssDNA binding in eukarya remains speculative. Here we report a 2.5 Angstroms structure of the ssDNA-binding domain of human replication protein A (RPA) (eukaryotic SSB), for which we previously reported a structure in complex with ssDNA. A comparison of free and bound forms of RPA revealed that ssDNA binding is associated with a major reorientation between, and significant conformational changes within, the structural modules--OB-folds--which comprise the DNA-binding domain. Two OB-folds, whose tandem orientation was stabilized by the presence of DNA, adopted multiple orientations in its absence. Within the OB-folds, extended loops implicated in DNA binding significantly changed conformation in the absence of DNA. Analysis of intermolecular contacts suggested the possibility that other RPA molecules and/or other proteins could compete with DNA for the same binding site. Using this mechanism, protein-protein interactions can regulate, and/or be regulated by DNA binding. Combined with available biochemical data, this structure also suggested a dynamic model for the DNA-binding mechanism.
Structure of the major single-stranded DNA-binding domain of replication protein A suggests a dynamic mechanism for DNA binding.,Bochkareva E, Belegu V, Korolev S, Bochkarev A EMBO J. 2001 Feb 1;20(3):612-8. PMID:11157767[5]
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References
- ↑ Mason AC, Haring SJ, Pryor JM, Staloch CA, Gan TF, Wold MS. An alternative form of replication protein a prevents viral replication in vitro. J Biol Chem. 2009 Feb 20;284(8):5324-31. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M808963200. Epub 2008, Dec 29. PMID:19116208 doi:10.1074/jbc.M808963200
- ↑ Kemp MG, Mason AC, Carreira A, Reardon JT, Haring SJ, Borgstahl GE, Kowalczykowski SC, Sancar A, Wold MS. An alternative form of replication protein a expressed in normal human tissues supports DNA repair. J Biol Chem. 2010 Feb 12;285(7):4788-97. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.079418. Epub 2009 , Dec 7. PMID:19996105 doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.079418
- ↑ Mason AC, Haring SJ, Pryor JM, Staloch CA, Gan TF, Wold MS. An alternative form of replication protein a prevents viral replication in vitro. J Biol Chem. 2009 Feb 20;284(8):5324-31. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M808963200. Epub 2008, Dec 29. PMID:19116208 doi:10.1074/jbc.M808963200
- ↑ Kemp MG, Mason AC, Carreira A, Reardon JT, Haring SJ, Borgstahl GE, Kowalczykowski SC, Sancar A, Wold MS. An alternative form of replication protein a expressed in normal human tissues supports DNA repair. J Biol Chem. 2010 Feb 12;285(7):4788-97. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.079418. Epub 2009 , Dec 7. PMID:19996105 doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.079418
- ↑ Bochkareva E, Belegu V, Korolev S, Bochkarev A. Structure of the major single-stranded DNA-binding domain of replication protein A suggests a dynamic mechanism for DNA binding. EMBO J. 2001 Feb 1;20(3):612-8. PMID:11157767 doi:10.1093/emboj/20.3.612
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