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ArticleGenes & development2019

Defining the influence of Rad51 and Dmc1 lineage-specific amino acids on genetic recombination.

Justin B Steinfeld, Ondrej Beláň, Youngho Kwon, Tsuyoshi Terakawa, Amr Al-Zain, Michael J Smith, J Brooks Crickard, Zhi Qi, Weixing Zhao, Rodney Rothstein and 4 more

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Article in Genes & development, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 34 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Justin B Steinfeld *Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Ondrej Beláň *DSB Repair Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, United Kingdom.
Youngho KwonDepartment of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA.
Tsuyoshi TerakawaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Amr Al-ZainDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Michael J SmithDepartment of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
J Brooks CrickardDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Zhi QiCenter for Quantitative Biology, Peking University-Tsinghua University Joint Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Weixing ZhaoDepartment of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA.
Rodney RothsteinDepartment of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Lorraine S SymingtonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Patrick SungDepartment of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229, USA.
Simon J BoultonDSB Repair Metabolism Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, United Kingdom.
Eric C GreeneDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · USThe Francis Crick Institute · GBThe University of Texas at San Antonio · USPeking University · CNThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

Transcription-Coupled & Replication-Associated Excision RepairP01CA092584 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIF-LAWRENC BERKELEY LAB · PI WALTER J. CHAZIN · 2001 to 2026
$89.6M
YEAST DNA REPAIR GENES AND PROTEINS OF THE RAD52 GROUPR01ES007061 · NIEHS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Patrick Sung · 1995 to 2026
$9.4M
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Recombination at DNA Double-Strand Breaks and Stalled Replication ForksR35GM118180 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Rodney J. ROTHSTEIN · 2016 to 2026
$8.5M
PREDOCTORAL TRAINING GRANT IN HUMAN GENETICS &DEVELOPMET32GM007088 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI SHEN, MICHAEL M. · 1985 to 2020
$7.1M
Mechanism and regulation of DNA double-strand break repairR35GM126997 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Lorraine S Symington · 2018 to 2026
$5.9M
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
Understanding the Basis of Fidelity in Eukaryotic RecombinasesF31CA210663 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI STEINFELD, JUSTIN B · 2016 to 2018
$128k
Cancer Research UK FC0010048Medical Research Council FC0010048NCI NIH HHS F31 CA210663NCI NIH HHS P01 CA092584NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES007061NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118026NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118180NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM126997NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007088Wellcome Trust 206292/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The vast majority of eukaryotes possess two DNA recombinases: Rad51, which is ubiquitously expressed, and Dmc1, which is meiosis-specific. The evolutionary origins of this two-recombinase system remain poorly understood. Interestingly, Dmc1 can stabilize mismatch-containing base triplets, whereas Rad51 cannot. Here, we demonstrate that this difference can be attributed to three amino acids conserved only within the Dmc1 lineage of the Rad51/RecA family. Chimeric Rad51 mutants harboring Dmc1-specific amino acids gain the ability to stabilize heteroduplex DNA joints with mismatch-containing base triplets, whereas Dmc1 mutants with Rad51-specific amino acids lose this ability. Remarkably, RAD-51 from

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Amino AcidsAnimalsBase Pair MismatchCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsConserved SequenceMutationRad51 RecombinaseRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRecombinasesRecombination, GeneticSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsAmino AcidsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsRad51 RecombinaseRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRecombinasesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsDmc1DNA repairhomologous recombinationmeiosisRad51

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PMCPMC6719624
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