کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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2775961 | 1152354 | 2007 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Replication protein A (RPA), the eukaryotic single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding protein, is essential for all pathways of DNA metabolism. To study the function of RPA in living cells the second largest RPA subunit and an N-terminal deletion mutant thereof were fused to green fluorescent protein (GFP; GFP-RPA2 and GFP-RPA2deltaN, respectively) in a controlled, molecular biological way. These proteins were expressed in HeLa cells under the control of the inducible tetracycline expression system. GFP-RPA2 and GFP-RPA2deltaN are predominately nuclear proteins as determined by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Low basal expression of GFP-RPA2deltaN allowed the measurement of kinetic parameters of RPA. Using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) two populations – a fast and a slow moving species – were detected in the nucleus and the cytosol of human cells. The translational diffusion rates of these two RPA populations were approximately 15 μm2/s and 1.8 μm2/s. This new finding reveals the existence of different multiprotein and ssDNA–protein complexes of RPA in both cellular compartments and opens the possibility for their analyses.
Journal: Experimental and Molecular Pathology - Volume 82, Issue 2, April 2007, Pages 156–162