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ArticleDNA repair2010

The unusual UBZ domain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae polymerase η.

Rachel V Woodruff, Martha G Bomar, Sanjay D'Souza, Pei Zhou, Graham C Walker

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Article in DNA repair, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rachel V WoodruffDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, USA.
Martha G Bomar
Sanjay D'Souza
Pei Zhou
Graham C Walker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · USDuke Medical Center · US

Funding

TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI YAFFE, MICHAEL B · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
Mechanism of Eukaryotic Environmental MutagenesisR01ES015818 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WALKER, GRAHAM C · 2007 to 2016
$3.8M
Structural, Biochemical and Functional Studies of RNAPII CTD Interacting ProteinsR01GM079376 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHOU, PEI · 2008 to 2011
$1.2M
Mechanism of Eukaryotic Environmental MutagenesisR56ES015818 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WALKER, GRAHAM C · 2011 to 2011
$200k
NIEHS NIH HHS ES-015818NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES-002109NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES015818NIEHS NIH HHS R56 ES015818NIGMS NIH HHS GM-079376NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079376
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent research has revealed the presence of ubiquitin-binding domains in the Y family polymerases. The ubiquitin-binding zinc finger (UBZ) domain of human polymerase η is vital for its regulation, localization, and function. Here, we elucidate structural and functional features of the non-canonical UBZ motif of Saccharomyces cerevisiae pol η. Characterization of pol η mutants confirms the importance of the UBZ motif and implies that its function is independent of zinc binding. Intriguingly, we demonstrate that zinc does bind to and affect the structure of the purified UBZ domain, but is not required for its ubiquitin-binding activity. Our finding that this unusual zinc finger is able to interact with ubiquitin even in its apo form adds support to the model that ubiquitin binding is the primary and functionally important activity of the UBZ domain in S. cerevisiae polymerase η. Putative ubiquitin-binding domains, primarily UBZs, are identified in the majority of known pol η homologs. We discuss the implications of our observations for zinc finger structure and pol η regulation.

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Zinc FingersAnimalsConserved SequenceDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseEdetic AcidHumansMiceMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiarySaccharomyces cerevisiaeSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino AcidSpecies SpecificityDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseEdetic AcidRad30 proteinUbiquitinY-Family DNA PolymerasesZinc

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PMID20837403
PMCPMC2970701
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