Localization of xeroderma pigmentosum group A protein and replication protein A on damaged DNA in nucleotide excision repair.

ABSTRACT: The interaction of xeroderma pigmentosum group A protein (XPA) and replication protein A (RPA) with damaged DNA in nucleotide excision repair (NER) was studied using model dsDNA and bubble-DNA structure with 5-{3-[6-(carboxyamido-fluoresceinyl)amidocapromoyl]allyl}-dUMP lesions in one strand and containing photoreactive 5-iodo-dUMP residues in defined positions. Interactions of XPA and RPA with damaged and undamaged DNA strands were investigated by DNA-protein photocrosslinking and gel shift analysis. XPA showed two maximums of crosslinking intensities located on the 5'-side from a lesion. RPA mainly localized on undamaged strand of damaged DNA duplex and damaged bubble-DNA structure. These results presented for the first time the direct evidence for the localization of XPA in the 5'-side

SUBMITTER: Krasikova YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3001049 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature