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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Improved RAD51 binders through motif shuffling based on the modularity of BRC repeats.

Laurens H Lindenburg, Teodors Pantelejevs, Fabrice Gielen, Pedro Zuazua-Villar, Maren Butz, Eric Rees, Clemens F Kaminski, Jessica A Downs, Marko Hyvönen, Florian Hollfelder

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Laurens H LindenburgDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6775-8041
Teodors PantelejevsDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2220-6379
Fabrice GielenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.
Pedro Zuazua-VillarDivision of Cancer Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom.
Maren ButzDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.
Eric ReesDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom.
Clemens F KaminskiDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, United Kingdom.
Jessica A DownsDivision of Cancer Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB, United Kingdom.
Marko HyvönenDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom; mh256@cam.ac.uk fh111@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8683-4070
Florian HollfelderDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom; mh256@cam.ac.uk fh111@cam.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-1367-6312

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/K013629/1Cancer Research UK 25715Cancer Research UK C7905/A25715Medical Research Council G0902243Medical Research Council MR/K015850/1Medical Research Council MR/K02292X/1Wellcome Trust 089703/Z/09/ZWellcome Trust 203249/Z/16/ZWellcome Trust 3249/Z/16/Z
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Abstract

Exchanges of protein sequence modules support leaps in function unavailable through point mutations during evolution. Here we study the role of the two RAD51-interacting modules within the eight binding BRC repeats of BRCA2. We created 64 chimeric repeats by shuffling these modules and measured their binding to RAD51. We found that certain shuffled module combinations were stronger binders than any of the module combinations in the natural repeats. Surprisingly, the contribution from the two modules was poorly correlated with affinities of natural repeats, with a weak BRC8 repeat containing the most effective N-terminal module. The binding of the strongest chimera, BRC8-2, to RAD51 was improved by -2.4 kCal/mol compared to the strongest natural repeat, BRC4. A crystal structure of RAD51:BRC8-2 complex shows an improved interface fit and an extended β-hairpin in this repeat. BRC8-2 was shown to function in human cells, preventing the formation of nuclear RAD51 foci after ionizing radiation.

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Amino Acid SequenceBRCA2 ProteinCell Line, TumorHumansProtein BindingRad51 RecombinaseBRCA2 ProteinRAD51 protein, humanRad51 RecombinaseBRC repeatsmodular protein engineeringprotein evolutionRAD51synthetic biology

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PMID34772801
PMCPMC8727024

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