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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. May (2001); 98(11):6086-91
Direct DNA binding by Brca1.
Paull TT, Cortez D, Bowers B, Elledge SJ, Gellert M
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA. tpaull@icmb.utexas.edu
Abstract: The tumor suppressor Brca1 plays an important role in protecting mammalian cells against genomic instability, but little is known about its modes of action. In this work we demonstrate that recombinant human Brca1 protein binds strongly to DNA, an activity conferred by a domain in the center of the Brca1 polypeptide. As a result of this binding, Brca1 inhibits the nucleolytic activities of the Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 complex, an enzyme implicated in numerous aspects of double-strand break repair. Brca1 displays a preference for branched DNA structures and forms protein-DNA complexes cooperatively between multiple DNA strands, but without DNA sequence specificity. This fundamental property of Brca1 may be an important part of its role in DNA repair and transcription.
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Chris Stark, Bobby-Joe Breitkreutz, Teresa Reguly, Lorrie Boucher, Ashton Breitkreutz, Mike Tyers.
Nucleic Acids Res. Jan 1;34:D535-9.