REPAIRtoire - a database of DNA repair pathways

Welcome! Click here to login or here to register.
Home
Proteins
DNA damage
Diseases
Homologs
Pathways
Keywords
Publications
Draw a picture
 
Search
 
Links
Help
Contact





Bujnicki Lab Homepage

"Substrate specificity of tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase I (Tdp1)."

Raymond AC, Staker BL, Burgin AB Jr



Published June 10, 2005 in J Biol Chem volume 280 .

Pubmed ID: 15811850

Abstract:
Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase I (Tdp1) hydrolyzes 3'-phosphotyrosyl bonds to generate 3'-phosphate DNA and tyrosine in vitro. Tdp1 is involved in the repair of DNA lesions created by topoisomerase I, although the in vivo substrate is not known. Here we study the kinetic and binding properties of human Tdp1 (hTdp1) to identify appropriate 3'-phosphotyrosyl DNA substrates. Genetic studies argue that Tdp1 is involved in double and single strand break repair pathways; however, x-ray crystal structures suggest that Tdp1 can only bind single strand DNA. Separate kinetic and binding experiments show that hTdp1 has a preference for single-stranded and blunt-ended duplex substrates over nicked and tailed duplex substrate conformations. Based on these results, we present a new model to explain Tdp1/DNA binding properties. These results suggest that Tdp1 only acts upon double strand breaks in vivo, and the roles of Tdp1 in yeast and mammalian cells are discussed.


This publication refers to following REPAIRtoire entries:

Genes
Proteins


Last modification of this entry: Oct. 6, 2010

Add your own comment!

There is no comment yet.
Welcome stranger! Click here to login or here to register.
Valid HTML 4.01! This site is Emacs powered. Made with Django.