ArticleNucleic acids research2021
A skipping rope translocation mechanism in a widespread family of DNA repair helicases.
Article in Nucleic acids research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- A superfamily 1 helicase translocates on double-stranded DNA.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- DNA binding contributes to dominant-negative effects of a catalytically inactive RecQ4-family helicase.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
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- Structural and biochemical characterization of the mitomycin C repair exonuclease MrfB.Nucleic acids research · 2024Article
- Structural and biochemical characterization of the mitomycin C repair exonuclease MrfB.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Extended DNA threading through a dual-engine motor module of the activating signal co-integrator 1 complex.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Bacterial DNA excision repair pathways.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2022Review
- Structural basis for broad anti-phage immunity by DISARM.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Large-scale ratcheting in a bacterial DEAH/RHA-type RNA helicase that modulates antibiotics susceptibility.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
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Abstract
Mitomycin repair factor A represents a family of DNA helicases that harbor a domain of unknown function (DUF1998) and support repair of mitomycin C-induced DNA damage by presently unknown molecular mechanisms. We determined crystal structures of Bacillus subtilis Mitomycin repair factor A alone and in complex with an ATP analog and/or DNA and conducted structure-informed functional analyses. Our results reveal a unique set of auxiliary domains appended to a dual-RecA domain core. Upon DNA binding, a Zn2+-binding domain, encompassing the domain of unknown function, acts like a drum that rolls out a canopy of helicase-associated domains, entrapping the substrate and tautening an inter-domain linker across the loading strand. Quantification of DNA binding, stimulated ATPase and helicase activities in the wild type and mutant enzyme variants in conjunction with the mode of coordination of the ATP analog suggest that Mitomycin repair factor A employs similar ATPase-driven conformational changes to translocate on DNA, with the linker ratcheting through the nucleotides like a 'skipping rope'. The electrostatic surface topology outlines a likely path for the displaced DNA strand. Our results reveal unique molecular mechanisms in a widespread family of DNA repair helicases linked to bacterial antibiotics resistance.
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