Renaturation of DNA catalysed by yeast DNA repair and recombination protein RAD10

Nature. 1992 Feb 20;355(6362):743-5. doi: 10.1038/355743a0.

Abstract

The RAD10 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is required for the incision step of excision repair of ultraviolet-damaged DNA, and it functions in mitotic recombination. RAD10 has homology to the human excision repair gene ERCC-1. Here we describe the purification of the protein encoded by RAD10 and show that it is a DNA-binding protein with a strong preference for single-stranded DNA. We also show that RAD10 promotes the renaturation of complementary DNA strands.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • DNA Repair*
  • DNA, Fungal / metabolism*
  • DNA, Single-Stranded / metabolism
  • Endonucleases*
  • Fungal Proteins / metabolism*
  • Fungal Proteins / pharmacology
  • Nucleic Acid Renaturation* / drug effects
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins*
  • Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases / metabolism

Substances

  • DNA, Fungal
  • DNA, Single-Stranded
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
  • Endonucleases
  • RAD10 protein, S cerevisiae
  • Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases