Mass Spectrometry of UV-Cross-Linked Protein−Nucleic Acid Complexes:  Identification of Amino Acid Residues in the Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Domain of Human Replication Protein A

2004 ◽  
Vol 76 (19) ◽  
pp. 5667-5676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catalin E. Doneanu ◽  
Philip R. Gafken ◽  
Samuel E. Bennett ◽  
Douglas F. Barofsky
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Dna Binding ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Replication Protein A ◽  
Replication Protein ◽  
Dna Binding Domain ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Protein Nucleic Acid

scholarly journals The RPA32 Subunit of Human Replication Protein A Contains a Single-stranded DNA-binding Domain

1998 ◽  
Vol 273 (7) ◽  
pp. 3932-3936 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Bochkareva ◽  
Lori Frappier ◽  
Aled M. Edwards ◽  
Alexey Bochkarev
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Replication Protein A ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Replication Protein ◽  
Dna Binding Domain ◽  
Single Stranded Dna

Structure of the single-stranded-DNA-binding domain of replication protein A bound to DNA

Nature ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 385 (6612) ◽  
pp. 176-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexey Bochkarev ◽  
Richard A. Pfuetzner ◽  
Aled M. Edwards ◽  
Lori Frappier
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Replication Protein A ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Replication Protein ◽  
Dna Binding Domain ◽  
Single Stranded Dna

scholarly journals Single-stranded-DNA binding alters human replication protein A structure and facilitates interaction with DNA-dependent protein kinase.

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 4798-4807 ◽  
Author(s):  
L J Blackwell ◽  
J A Borowiec ◽  
I A Mastrangelo
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Dna Binding ◽  
Protein A ◽  
Replication Protein A ◽  
Replication Protein ◽  
Physical Interaction ◽  
Binding Modes ◽  
Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Single Stranded Dna ◽  
Dependent Protein

Human replication protein A (hRPA) is an essential single-stranded-DNA-binding protein that stimulates the activities of multiple DNA replication and repair proteins through physical interaction. To understand DNA binding and its role in hRPA heterologous interaction, we examined the physical structure of hRPA complexes with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) by scanning transmission electron microscopy. Recent biochemical studies have shown that hRPA combines with ssDNA in at least two binding modes: by interacting with 8 to 10 nucleotides (hRPA8nt) and with 30 nucleotides (hRPA30nt). We find the relatively unstable hRPA8nt complex to be notably compact with many contacts between hRPA molecules. In contrast, on similar lengths of ssDNA, hRPA30nt complexes align along the DNA and make few intermolecular contacts. Surprisingly, the elongated hRPA30nt complex exists in either a contracted or an extended form that depends on ssDNA length. Therefore, homologous-protein interaction and available ssDNA length both contribute to the physical changes that occur in hRPA when it binds ssDNA. We used activated DNA-dependent protein kinase as a biochemical probe to detect alterations in conformation and demonstrated that formation of the extended hRPA30nt complex correlates with increased phosphorylation of the hRPA 29-kDa subunit. Our results indicate that hRPA binds ssDNA in a multistep pathway, inducing new hRPA alignments and conformations that can modulate the functional interaction of other factors with hRPA.

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