Functional Characterization of Zinc-Finger Motif in Redox Regulation of RPA−ssDNA Interaction
- 21 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 39 (42) , 12953-12958
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi001206f
Abstract
The 70-kDa subunit of eukaryotic replication protein A (RPA) contains a conserved four cysteine-type zinc-finger motif that has been implicated in regulation of DNA replication and repair. Unlike other zinc-finger proteins, RPA zinc-finger motif is not a DNA-binding component, and deletion of the zinc-finger had very little effect on its ssDNA binding activity. Recently, we described a novel function for the zinc-finger motif in regulation of RPA's ssDNA binding activity through reduction-oxidation (redox). In this study, we carried out a detailed analysis of wild-type RPA and zinc-finger mutants in redox regulation of their ssDNA binding activity. Any mutation at a zinc-finger cysteine abolished its redox role in regulation of RPA-ssDNA interaction, suggesting that all four zinc-finger cysteines are required for redox regulation. Reactivity of cysteine residues to 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) indicated that wild-type RPA contained 8.2 reactive thiols/molecule including all four cysteines in the zinc-finger motif. Zinc-finger cysteines slowly reacted to DTNB as compared to others. Zn(II) was not only essential but also uniquely qualified for redox regulation of RPA-ssDNA interaction, suggesting that Zn(II)-cysteine coordination is crucial for the zinc-finger function. Redox status significantly affected initial interaction of RPA with ssDNA but had no effect after RPA formed a stable complex with DNA. Together, our results suggest that the zinc-finger motif mediates the transition of RPA-ssDNA interaction to a stable RPA-ssDNA complex in a redox-dependent manner.Keywords
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