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ArticleeLife2021

A novel motif of Rad51 serves as an interaction hub for recombination auxiliary factors.

Negar Afshar, Bilge Argunhan, Maierdan Palihati, Goki Taniguchi, Hideo Tsubouchi, Hiroshi Iwasaki

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Article in eLife, 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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  1. Microbial cell (Graz, Austria) · 2026
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  3. Structural basis for Rad54- and Hed1-mediated regulation of Rad51 during the transition from mitotic to meiotic recombination.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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6 authors.

Negar AfsharSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3448-6710
Bilge ArgunhanInstitute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6023-7654
Maierdan PalihatiSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Goki TaniguchiSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Hideo TsubouchiSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0814-8432
Hiroshi IwasakiSchool of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0153-6873

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homologous recombination (HR) is essential for maintaining genome stability. Although Rad51 is the key protein that drives HR, multiple auxiliary factors interact with Rad51 to potentiate its activity. Here, we present an interdisciplinary characterization of the interactions between Rad51 and these factors. Through structural analysis, we identified an evolutionarily conserved acidic patch of Rad51. The neutralization of this patch completely abolished recombinational DNA repair due to defects in the recruitment of Rad51 to DNA damage sites. This acidic patch was found to be important for the interaction with Rad55-Rad57 and essential for the interaction with Rad52. Furthermore, biochemical reconstitutions demonstrated that neutralization of this acidic patch also impaired the interaction with Rad54, indicating that a single motif is important for the interaction with multiple auxiliary factors. We propose that this patch is a fundamental motif that facilitates interactions with auxiliary factors and is therefore essential for recombinational DNA repair.

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Homologous RecombinationRad51 RecombinaseRecombinational DNA RepairSchizosaccharomycesSchizosaccharomyces pombe ProteinsRad51 RecombinaseRHP51 protein, S pombeSchizosaccharomyces pombe Proteinsbiochemistrychemical biologychromosomesDNA repairgene expressiongenome stabilityRad51RecArecombinationS. pombeyeast

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PMID33493431
PMCPMC7837696

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