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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
One of many protein-protein interactions modulated upon DNA damage is that of the single-stranded DNA-binding protein, replication protein A (RPA), with the p53 tumor suppressor. Here we report the crystal structure of RPA residues 1-120 (RPA70N) bound to the N-terminal transactivation domain of p53 (residues 37-57; p53N) and, by using NMR spectroscopy, characterize two mechanisms by which the RPA/p53 interaction can be modulated. RPA70N forms an oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding fold, similar to that previously observed for the ssDNA-binding domains of RPA. In contrast, the N-terminal p53 transactivation domain is largely disordered in solution, but residues 37-57 fold into two amphipathic helices, H1 and H2, upon binding with RPA70N. The H2 helix of p53 structurally mimics the binding of ssDNA to the oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding fold. NMR experiments confirmed that both ssDNA and an acidic peptide mimicking a phosphorylated form of RPA32N can independently compete the acidic p53N out of the binding site. Taken together, our data suggest a mechanism for DNA damage signaling that can explain a threshold response to DNA damage.
Single-stranded DNA mimicry in the p53 transactivation domain interaction with replication protein A.,Bochkareva E, Kaustov L, Ayed A, Yi GS, Lu Y, Pineda-Lucena A, Liao JC, Okorokov AL, Milner J, Arrowsmith CH, Bochkarev A Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Oct 25;102(43):15412-7. Epub 2005 Oct 17. PMID:16234232[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, Kaustov L, Ayed A, Yi GS, Lu Y, Pineda-Lucena A, Liao JC, Okorokov AL, Milner J, Arrowsmith CH, Bochkarev A. Single-stranded DNA mimicry in the p53 transactivation domain interaction with replication protein A. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Oct 25;102(43):15412-7. Epub 2005 Oct 17. PMID:16234232
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