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"Mutational analysis of the structure and function of the xeroderma pigmentosum group A complementing protein. Identification of essential domains for nuclear localization and DNA excision repair."

Miyamoto I, Miura N, Niwa H, Miyazaki J, Tanaka K



Published June 15, 1992 in J Biol Chem volume 267 .

Pubmed ID: 1601884

Abstract:
We showed previously that the xeroderma pigmentosum group A complementing (XPAC) protein involved in the DNA excision repair pathway contains a zinc-finger motif and is localized in the nucleus of normal human cells. For detailed structural and functional analyses of the XPAC protein, we constructed various XPAC cDNAs by site-directed mutagenesis and isolated permanent cell lines expressing mutant proteins. Immunofluorescent analysis of these lines indicated that the nuclear localization signal is located in the region encoded by Exon 1, especially centered at amino acids 30-42. A UV survival study showed that regions from Exons 2 through 6 were essential for DNA repair function, but that Exon 1 was not. Interestingly, deletion of the glutamic acid cluster in the region encoded by Exon 2 resulted in a dramatic loss of DNA repair activity. Furthermore, replacements of each of the 4 cysteines supposed to form a zinc-finger structure in the region encoded by Exon 3 by serine or glycine resulted in similar levels of loss of repair activity. These results suggest that all 4 cysteines forming a zinc-finger structure and also the glutamic acid cluster are important for DNA repair function.


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