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ArticleNucleic acids research2009

Essential functions of the 32 kDa subunit of yeast replication protein A.

Anne M Dickson, Yulia Krasikova, Pavel Pestryakov, Olga Lavrik, Marc S Wold

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Repair-specific functions of replication protein A.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anne M DicksonDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242-2600, USA.
Yulia Krasikova
Pavel Pestryakov
Olga Lavrik
Marc S Wold
University of Iowa · US

Funding

FUNCTIONAL ROLES OF CELLULAR PROTEINS IN DNA REPLICATIONR01GM044721 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WOLD, MARC S · 1990 to 2009
$2.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM44721NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM044721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Replication protein A (RPA) is a heterotrimeric (70, 32 and 14 kDa subunits), single-stranded DNA-binding protein required for cellular DNA metabolism. All subunits of RPA are essential for life, but the specific functions of the 32 and 14 kDa subunits remains unknown. The 32 kDa subunit (RPA2) has multiple domains, but only the central DNA-binding domain (called DBD D) is essential for life in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To define the essential function(s) of RPA2 in S. cerevisiae, a series of site-directed mutant forms of DBD D were generated. These mutant constructs were then characterized in vitro and in vivo. The mutations had minimal effects on the overall structure and activity of the RPA complex. However, several mutants were shown to disrupt crosslinking of RPA2 to DNA and to dramatically lower the DNA-binding affinity of a RPA2-containing subcomplex. When introduced into S. cerevisiae, all DBD D mutants were viable and supported normal growth rates and DNA replication. These findings indicate that RPA2-DNA interactions are not essential for viability and growth in S. cerevisiae. We conclude that DNA-binding activity of RPA2 is dispensable in yeast and that the essential function of DBD D is intra- and/or inter-protein interactions.

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Amino Acid SequenceDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA ReplicationModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutationProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein SubunitsReplication Protein ASaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSequence AlignmentTemplates, GeneticUltraviolet RaysDNA-Binding ProteinsProtein SubunitsReplication Protein ARPA2 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID19244309
PMCPMC2673435
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