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ArticleNucleic acids research2017

Protein dynamics of human RPA and RAD51 on ssDNA during assembly and disassembly of the RAD51 filament.

Chu Jian Ma, Bryan Gibb, YoungHo Kwon, Patrick Sung, Eric C Greene

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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116citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 166 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chu Jian MaDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Bryan GibbDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
YoungHo KwonDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Patrick SungDepartment of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
Eric C GreeneDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA ecg2108@cumc.columbia.edu.
Columbia University · USYale University · US

Funding

Transcription-Coupled & Replication-Associated Excision RepairP01CA092584 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI John A. Tainer · 2001 to 2026
$89.6M
Yale Pathology Tissue Services Shared ResourceP30CA016359 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI DAVID L RIMM · 1985 to 2026
$85.0M
Protein purification instrumentation in support of single molecule studies of genome integrityR35GM118026 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GREENE, ERIC C · 2016 to 2025
$5.7M
Molecular Basis of BRCA2-mediated DNA Repair and Cancer AvoidanceR01ES015252 · NIEHS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SUNG, PATRICK · 2007 to 2016
$3.8M
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA092584NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016359NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES015252NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homologous recombination (HR) is a crucial pathway for double-stranded DNA break (DSB) repair. During the early stages of HR, the newly generated DSB ends are processed to yield long single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) overhangs, which are quickly bound by replication protein A (RPA). RPA is then replaced by the DNA recombinase Rad51, which forms extended helical filaments on the ssDNA. The resulting nucleoprotein filament, known as the presynaptic complex, is responsible for pairing the ssDNA with homologous double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), which serves as the template to guide DSB repair. Here, we use single-molecule imaging to visualize the interplay between human RPA (hRPA) and human RAD51 during presynaptic complex assembly and disassembly. We demonstrate that ssDNA-bound hRPA can undergo facilitated exchange, enabling hRPA to undergo rapid exchange between free and ssDNA-bound states only when free hRPA is present in solution. Our results also indicate that the presence of free hRPA inhibits RAD51 filament nucleation, but has a lesser impact upon filament elongation. This finding suggests that hRPA exerts important regulatory influence over RAD51 and may in turn affect the properties of the assembled RAD51 filament. These experiments provide an important basis for further investigations into the regulation of human presynaptic complex assembly.

Indexed as

Adenosine TriphosphateCarrier ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedHumansHydrolysisMultiprotein ComplexesProtein BindingProtein StabilityRad51 RecombinaseReplication Protein AAdenosine TriphosphateCarrier ProteinsDNA, Single-StrandedMultiprotein ComplexesRad51 RecombinaseReplication Protein A

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PMID27903895
PMCPMC5314761
OpenAlexW2558818939

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