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ArticlePloS one2013

Evidence for DNA cleavage caused directly by a transfer RNA-targeting toxin.

Megumi Shigematsu, Tetsuhiro Ogawa, Wataru Tanaka, Kazutoshi Takahashi, Hiroko K Kitamoto, Makoto Hidaka, Haruhiko Masaki

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Megumi ShigematsuDepartment of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Tetsuhiro Ogawa
Wataru Tanaka
Kazutoshi Takahashi
Hiroko K Kitamoto
Makoto Hidaka
Haruhiko Masaki
The University of Tokyo · JPNational Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The killer yeast species Pichiaacaciae produces a heteromeric killer protein, PaT, that causes DNA damage and arrests the cell cycle of sensitive Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the S phase. However, the mechanism by which DNA damage occurs remains elusive. A previous study has indicated that Orf2p, a subunit of PaT, specifically cleaves an anticodon loop of an S. cerevisiae transfer RNA (tRNA(Gln)mcm5s2UUG). This finding raised a question about whether the DNA damage is a result of the tRNA cleavage or whether Orf2p directly associates with and cleaves the genomic DNA of sensitive yeast cells. We showed that Orf2p cleaves genomic DNA in addition to cleaving tRNA in vitro. This DNA cleavage requires the same Orf2p residue as that needed for tRNA cleavage, His299. The expression of Orf2p, in which His299 was substituted to alanine, abolished the cell cycle arrest of the host cell. Moreover, the translation impairment induced by tRNA cleavage enabled Orf2p to enter the nucleus, thereby inducing histone phosphorylation.

Indexed as

DNA CleavageCell Cycle CheckpointsCell NucleusDNA DamageHistonesKiller Factors, YeastPhosphorylationProtein BiosynthesisProtein TransportRNA, TransferSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsHistonesKiller Factors, YeastRNA, TransferSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

Identifiers

PMID24069426
PMCPMC3775755
OpenAlexW1996907594

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