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ArticleScientific reports2020

Structural insights into the promiscuous DNA binding and broad substrate selectivity of fowlpox virus resolvase.

Na Li, Ke Shi, Timsi Rao, Surajit Banerjee, Hideki Aihara

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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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 2 countries.

Na LiDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 6-155 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street S.E. Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Ke ShiDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 6-155 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street S.E. Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Timsi RaoDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 6-155 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street S.E. Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Surajit BanerjeeNortheastern Collaborative Access Team, Cornell University, Advanced Photon Source, Lemont, Illinois, 60439, USA.
Hideki AiharaDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, 6-155 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street S.E. Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. aihar001@umn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7508-6230
University of Minnesota · USCornell University · US

Funding

User Training and OutreachP30GM124165 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI MALCOLM S. CAPEL · 2018 to 2026
$34.2M
Structural studies of viral replication and invasionR35GM118047 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Hideki Aihara · 2016 to 2026
$6.3M
Pixel Array Detector for X-ray CrystallographyS10RR029205 · NCRR · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI EALICK, STEVEN E · 2010 to 2010
$1.8M
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR029205NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM124165NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118047
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fowlpox virus resolvase (Fpr) is an endonuclease that cleaves a broad range of branched DNA structures, including the Holliday junction (HJ), with little sequence-specificity. To better understand the mechanisms underlying its relaxed substrate specificity, we determined the crystal structures of Fpr and that in a novel complex with HJ at 3.1-Å resolution. In the Fpr-HJ complex, two Fpr dimers use several distinct regions to interact with different DNA structural motifs, showing versatility in DNA-binding. Biochemical and solution NMR data support the existence of non-canonical modes of HJ interaction in solution. The binding of Fpr to various DNA motifs are mediated by its flat DNA-binding surface, which is centered on a short loop spanning K61 to I72 and flanked by longer α-helices at the outer edges, and basic side grooves near the dimer interface. Replacing the Fpr loop K61~I72 with a longer loop from Thermus thermophilus RuvC (E71~A87) endows Fpr with an enhanced selectivity toward HJ cleavage but with a target sequence preference distinct from that of RuvC, highlighting a unique role of this loop region in Fpr-HJ interaction. Our work helps explain the broad substrate selectivity of Fpr and suggests a possible mode of its association with poxvirus hairpin telomeres.

Indexed as

Crystallography, X-RayDNA, CruciformDNA, ViralFowlpox virusModels, MolecularProtein ConformationRecombinasesSubstrate SpecificityDNA, CruciformDNA, ViralRecombinases

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PMID31941902
PMCPMC6962361
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