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"The exonucleolytic and endonucleolytic cleavage activities of human exonuclease 1 are stimulated by an interaction with the carboxyl-terminal region of the Werner syndrome protein." |
Sharma S, Sommers JA, Driscoll HC, Uzdilla L, Wilson TM, Brosh RM Jr |
Published June 27, 2003 in J Biol Chem volume 278 .
Pubmed ID: 12704184
Abstract:
| Exonuclease 1 (EXO-1), a member of the RAD2 family of nucleases, has recently been proposed to function in the genetic pathways of DNA recombination, repair, and replication which are important for genome integrity. Although the role of EXO-1 is not well understood, its 5' to 3'-exonuclease and flap endonuclease activities may cleave intermediates that arise during DNA metabolism. In this study, we provide evidence that the Werner syndrome protein (WRN) physically interacts with human EXO-1 and dramatically stimulates both the exonucleolytic and endonucleolytic incision functions of EXO-1. The functional interaction between WRN and EXO-1 is mediated by a protein domain of WRN which interacts with flap endonuclease 1 (FEN-1). Thus, the genomic instability observed in WRN-/- cells may be at least partially attributed to the lack of interactions between the WRN protein and human nucleases including EXO-1. |
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| Proteins |
Last modification of this entry: Oct. 6, 2010
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