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Molecular basis for processing of topoisomerase 1-triggered DNA damage by Apn2/APE2.


ABSTRACT: Topoisomerase 1 (Top1) incises DNA containing ribonucleotides to generate complex DNA lesions that are resolved by APE2 (Apn2 in yeast). How Apn2 engages and processes this DNA damage is unclear. Here, we report X-ray crystal structures and biochemical analysis of Apn2-DNA complexes to demonstrate how Apn2 frays and cleaves 3' DNA termini via a wedging mechanism that facilitates 1-6 nucleotide endonucleolytic cleavages. APN2 deletion and DNA-wedge mutant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains display mutator phenotypes, cell growth defects, and sensitivity to genotoxic stress in a ribonucleotide excision repair (RER)-defective background harboring a high density of Top1-incised ribonucleotides. Our data implicate a wedge-and-cut mechanism underpinning the broad-specificity Apn2 nuclease activity that mitigates mutagenic and genome instability phenotypes caused by Top1 incision at genomic ribonucleotides incorporated by DNA polymerase epsilon.

SUBMITTER: Williams JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9732815 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Molecular basis for processing of topoisomerase 1-triggered DNA damage by Apn2/APE2.

Williams Jessica S JS   Wojtaszek Jessica L JL   Appel Denise C DC   Krahn Juno J   Wallace Bret D BD   Walsh Evan E   Kunkel Thomas A TA   Williams R Scott RS  

Cell reports 20221001 1


Topoisomerase 1 (Top1) incises DNA containing ribonucleotides to generate complex DNA lesions that are resolved by APE2 (Apn2 in yeast). How Apn2 engages and processes this DNA damage is unclear. Here, we report X-ray crystal structures and biochemical analysis of Apn2-DNA complexes to demonstrate how Apn2 frays and cleaves 3' DNA termini via a wedging mechanism that facilitates 1-6 nucleotide endonucleolytic cleavages. APN2 deletion and DNA-wedge mutant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains display  ...[more]

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