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ArticleScientific reports2016

Chromatin architecture may dictate the target site for DMC1, but not for RAD51, during homologous pairing.

Wataru Kobayashi, Motoki Takaku, Shinichi Machida, Hiroaki Tachiwana, Kazumitsu Maehara, Yasuyuki Ohkawa, Hitoshi Kurumizaka

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wataru KobayashiLaboratory of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Advanced Science &Engineering, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.
Motoki TakakuLaboratory of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Advanced Science &Engineering, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.
Shinichi MachidaLaboratory of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Advanced Science &Engineering, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.
Hiroaki TachiwanaLaboratory of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Advanced Science &Engineering, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.
Kazumitsu MaeharaDivision of Transcriptomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Yasuyuki OhkawaDivision of Transcriptomics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
Hitoshi KurumizakaLaboratory of Structural Biology, Graduate School of Advanced Science &Engineering, Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.
Waseda University · JPKyushu University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In eukaryotes, genomic DNA is compacted as chromatin, in which histones and DNA form the nucleosome as the basic unit. DMC1 and RAD51 are essential eukaryotic recombinases that mediate homologous chromosome pairing during homologous recombination. However, the means by which these two recombinases distinctly function in chromatin have remained elusive. Here we found that, in chromatin, the human DMC1-single-stranded DNA complex bypasses binding to the nucleosome, and preferentially promotes homologous pairing at the nucleosome-depleted regions. Consistently, DMC1 forms ternary complex recombination intermediates with the nucleosome-free DNA or the nucleosome-depleted DNA region. Surprisingly, removal of the histone tails improperly enhances the nucleosome binding by DMC1. In contrast, RAD51 does not specifically target the nucleosome-depleted region in chromatin. These are the first demonstrations that the chromatin architecture specifies the sites to promote the homologous recombination reaction by DMC1, but not by RAD51.

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Base SequenceBinding SitesCell Cycle ProteinsChromatinChromosome PairingDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelHistonesHomologous RecombinationHumansModels, GeneticNucleosomesProtein BindingRad51 RecombinaseCell Cycle ProteinsChromatinDMC1 protein, humanDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedHistonesNucleosomesRad51 Recombinase

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PMID27052786
PMCPMC4823753
OpenAlexW2328665151

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