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ArticleNature communications2023

The separation pin distinguishes the pro- and anti-recombinogenic functions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Srs2.

Aviv Meir, Vivek B Raina, Carly E Rivera, Léa Marie, Lorraine S Symington, Eric C Greene

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Aviv Meir *Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Vivek B Raina *Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Carly E RiveraDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
Léa MarieDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4834-5265
Lorraine S SymingtonDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1519-4800
Eric C GreeneDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA. ecg2108@cumc.columbia.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7387-824X
Columbia University · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRColumbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

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
Helicase regulation during homologous recombinationR01CA236606 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Eric C Greene · 2019 to 2026
$2.6M
Combination CD-Fluorescence Polarization Spectrophotometer for the Columbia Precision Biomolecular Characterization FacilityS10OD025102 · OD · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI HUNT, JOHN FRANCIS · 2018 to 2018
$138k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA236606NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118026NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM126997NIH HHS S10 OD025102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Srs2 is an Sf1a helicase that helps maintain genome stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through its ability to regulate homologous recombination. Srs2 downregulates HR by stripping Rad51 from single-stranded DNA, and Srs2 is also thought to promote synthesis-dependent strand annealing by unwinding D-loops. However, it has not been possible to evaluate the relative contributions of these two distinct activities to any aspect of recombination. Here, we used a structure-based approach to design an Srs2 separation-of-function mutant that can dismantle Rad51-ssDNA filaments but is incapable of disrupting D-loops, allowing us to assess the relative contributions of these pro- and anti-recombinogenic functions. We show that this separation-of-function mutant phenocopies wild-type SRS2 in vivo, suggesting that the ability of Srs2 to remove Rad51 from ssDNA is its primary role during HR.

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DNA HelicasesSaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsHomologous RecombinationRad51 RecombinaseDNA HelicasesRad51 RecombinaseSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSRS2 protein, S cerevisiae

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PMID38065943
PMCPMC10709652
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