Chimeric Saccharomyces cerevisiae Msh6 protein with an Msh3 mispair-binding domain combines properties of both proteins
- 26 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 104 (26) , 10956-10961
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0704148104
Abstract
Msh2-Msh3 and Msh2-Msh6 are two partially redundant mispair-recognition complexes that initiate mismatch repair in eukaryotes. Crystal structures of the prokaryotic homolog MutS suggest the mechanism by which Msh6 interacts with mispairs because key mispair-contacting residues are conserved in these two proteins. Because Msh3 lacks these conserved residues, we constructed a series of mutants to investigate the requirements for mispair interaction by Msh3. We found that a chimeric protein in which the mispair-binding domain (MBD) of Msh6 was replaced by the equivalent domain of Msh3 was functional for mismatch repair. This chimera possessed the mispair-binding specificity of Msh3 and revealed that communication between the MBD and the ATPase domain is conserved between Msh2-Msh3 and Msh2-Msh6. Further, the chimeric protein retained Msh6-like properties with respect to genetic interactions with the MutL homologs and an Msh2 MBD deletion mutant, indicating that Msh3-like behaviors beyond mispair specificity are not features controlled by the MBD.Keywords
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