Schuermann, D. and Scheidegger, S. P. and Weber, A. R. and Bjoras, M. and Leumann, C. J. and Schar, P.. (2016) 3CAPS - a structural AP-site analogue as a tool to investigate DNA base excision repair. Nucleic Acids Res, 44 (5). pp. 2187-2198.
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Abstract
Abasic sites (AP-sites) are frequent DNA lesions, arising by spontaneous base hydrolysis or as intermediates of base excision repair (BER). The hemiacetal at the anomeric centre renders them chemically reactive, which presents a challenge to biochemical and structural investigation. Chemically more stable AP-site analogues have been used to avoid spontaneous decay, but these do not fully recapitulate the features of natural AP-sites. With its 3'-phosphate replaced by methylene, the abasic site analogue 3CAPS was suggested to circumvent some of these limitations. Here, we evaluated the properties of 3CAPS in biochemical BER assays with mammalian proteins. 3CAPS-containing DNA substrates were processed by APE1, albeit with comparably poor efficiency. APE1-cleaved 3CAPS can be extended by DNA polymerase beta but repaired only by strand displacement as the 5'-deoxyribophosphate (dRP) cannot be removed. DNA glycosylases physically and functionally interact with 3CAPS substrates, underlining its structural integrity and biochemical reactivity. The AP lyase activity of bifunctional DNA glycosylases (NTH1, NEIL1, FPG), however, was fully inhibited. Notably, 3CAPS-containing DNA also effectively inhibited the activity of bifunctional glycosylases on authentic substrates. Hence, the chemically stable 3CAPS with its preserved hemiacetal functionality is a potent tool for BER research and a potential inhibitor of bifunctional DNA glycosylases.
Faculties and Departments: | 03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Division of Biochemistry and Genetics > Molecular Genetics (Schär) |
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UniBasel Contributors: | Schär, Primo Leo |
Item Type: | Article, refereed |
Article Subtype: | Research Article |
ISSN: | 1362-4962 (Electronic) 0305-1048 (Linking) |
Note: | Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article |
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Last Modified: | 25 May 2020 08:02 |
Deposited On: | 25 May 2020 08:02 |
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