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ArticleNucleic acids research2017

Deletion of the rnl gene encoding a nick-sealing RNA ligase sensitizes Deinococcus radiodurans to ionizing radiation.

Brad J Schmier, Xinguo Chen, Sandra Wolin, Stewart Shuman

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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 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brad J SchmierMolecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Xinguo ChenCell Biology Department, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.
Sandra WolinCell Biology Department, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06536, USA.
Stewart ShumanMolecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Kettering University · USYale University · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Viral DNA and RNA LigasesR01GM063611 · NIGMS · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SHUMAN, STEWART H · 2001 to 2017
$5.4M
RNA quality control and environmental stressR01GM073863 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI TSCHUDI, CHRISTIAN · 2005 to 2017
$3.6M
The Role of RNA Repair to Cellular Radiation ResistanceF32ES022914 · NIEHS · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI SCHMIER, BRAD JOSEPH · 2014 to 2016
$169k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIEHS NIH HHS F32 ES022914NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM063611NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM073863
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deinococcus radiodurans RNA ligase (DraRnl) seals 3΄-OH/5΄-PO4 nicks in duplex nucleic acids in which the 3΄-OH nick terminus consists of two or more ribonucleotides. DraRnl exemplifies a widely distributed Rnl5 family of nick-sealing RNA ligases, the physiological functions of which are uncharted. Here we show via gene knockout that whereas DraRnl is inessential for growth of D. radiodurans, its absence sensitizes the bacterium to killing by ionizing radiation (IR). DraRnl protein is present in exponentially growing and stationary phase cells, but is depleted during the early stages of recovery from 10 kGy of IR and subsequently replenished during the late phase of post-IR genome reassembly. Absence of DraRnl elicts a delay in reconstitution of the 10 kGy IR-shattered D. radiodurans replicons that correlates with the timing of DraRnl replenishment in wild-type cells. Complementation with a catalytically dead mutant highlights that nick sealing activity is important for the radioprotective function of DraRnl. Our findings suggest a scenario in which DraRnl acts at genomic nicks resulting from gap-filling by a ribonucleotide-incorporating repair polymerase.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsDeinococcusGamma RaysGene DeletionGenome, BacterialOperonRadiation ToleranceRNA Ligase (ATP)RNA, RibosomalBacterial ProteinsRNA Ligase (ATP)RNA, Ribosomal

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PMID28126918
PMCPMC5397189
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