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ArticleGenetics2001

The yeast recombinational repair protein Rad59 interacts with Rad52 and stimulates single-strand annealing.

A P Davis, L S Symington

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Article in Genetics, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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79citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 138 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Monomers and short oligomers of human RAD52 promote single-strand annealing.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  10. Rtt105 promotes high-fidelity DNA replication and repair by regulating the single-stranded DNA-binding factor RPA.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  11. Repair of DNA Breaks by Break-Induced Replication.Annual review of biochemistry · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A P DavisDepartment of Microbiology and Institute of Cancer Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA.
L S Symington
Columbia University · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Homologous Recombination in YeastR01GM041784 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI SYMINGTON, LORRAINE S · 1989 to 2017
$7.8M
CELL, MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OF CANCERT32CA009503 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI GAUTIER, JEAN · 1985 to 2016
$6.8M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN MICROBIOLOGY FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASEST32AI007161 · NIAID · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI FIDOCK, DAVID A · 1985 to 2008
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS T32 CA09503NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI07161NIGMS NIH HHS GM41784NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM041784
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The yeast RAD52 gene is essential for homology-dependent repair of DNA double-strand breaks. In vitro, Rad52 binds to single- and double-stranded DNA and promotes annealing of complementary single-stranded DNA. Genetic studies indicate that the Rad52 and Rad59 proteins act in the same recombination pathway either as a complex or through overlapping functions. Here we demonstrate physical interaction between Rad52 and Rad59 using the yeast two-hybrid system and co-immunoprecipitation from yeast extracts. Purified Rad59 efficiently anneals complementary oligonucleotides and is able to overcome the inhibition to annealing imposed by replication protein A (RPA). Although Rad59 has strand-annealing activity by itself in vitro, this activity is insufficient to promote strand annealing in vivo in the absence of Rad52. The rfa1-D288Y allele partially suppresses the in vivo strand-annealing defect of rad52 mutants, but this is independent of RAD59. These results suggest that in vivo Rad59 is unable to compete with RPA for single-stranded DNA and therefore is unable to promote single-strand annealing. Instead, Rad59 appears to augment the activity of Rad52 in strand annealing.

Indexed as

Recombination, GeneticSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsBase SequenceDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, FungalDNA PrimersDNA RepairDNA, Single-StrandedFungal ProteinsMutationPrecipitin TestsProtein BindingRad52 DNA Repair and Recombination ProteinSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSequence DeletionDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, FungalDNA PrimersDNA, Single-StrandedFungal ProteinsRad52 DNA Repair and Recombination ProteinRAD52 protein, S cerevisiaeRAD59 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID11606529
PMCPMC1461847
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