The dds20+ Gene Controls a Novel Rad51Sp-Dependent Pathway of Recombinational Repair in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Autor: Salakhova, A. F., Savchenko, G. V., Khasanov, F. K., Chepurnaya, O. V., Korolev, V. G., Bashkirov, V. I.
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Zdroj: Russian Journal of Genetics; Jun2005, Vol. 41 Issue 6, p593-601, 9p
Abstrakt: Repair of DNA double-strand break (DSB) is an evolutionary conserved Rad51-mediated mechanism. In yeasts, Rad51 paralogs, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad55-Rad57 and Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rhp55-Rhp57 are mediators of the nucleoprotein Rad51 filament formation. As shown in this work, a novel Rad51Sp-dependent pathway of DSB repair acts in S. pombe parallel to the pathway mediated by Rad51 paralogs. A new gene dds20+ that controls this pathway was identified. The overexpression of dds20+ partially suppresses defects of mutant rhp55Δ in DNA repair. Cells of dds20Δ manifest hypersensitivity to a variety of genotoxins. Epistatic analysis revealed that dds20+ is a gene of the recombinational repair group. The role of Dds20 in repair of spontaneous damages occurring in the process of replication and mating-type switching remains unclear. The results obtained suggest that Dds20 has functions beyond the mitotic S phase. The Dds20 protein physically interacts with Rhp51(Rad51Sp). Dds20 is assumed to operate at early recombinational stages and to play a specific role in the Rad51 protein filament assembly differing from that of Rad51 paralogs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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