Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1980174 DNA Repair 2014 13 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Msh2–Msh3 requires ATP binding for its function in MMR and 3′NHTR.•The kinetics of ATP hydrolysis and turnover by Msh2–Msh3 are DNA substrate-specific.•Msh2–Msh3 ATP hydrolysis displays negative cooperativity with homoduplex DNA.•A mutated Msh3 ATP binding pocket relieves negative cooperativity and alters turnover.•Repair substrates and ATP coordinate to differentially modulate Msh2–Msh3 activity.

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Msh2–Msh3-mediated mismatch repair (MMR) recognizes and targets insertion/deletion loops for repair. Msh2–Msh3 is also required for 3′ non-homologous tail removal (3′NHTR) in double-strand break repair. In both pathways, Msh2–Msh3 binds double-strand/single-strand junctions and initiates repair in an ATP-dependent manner. However, we recently demonstrated that the two pathways have distinct requirements with respect to Msh2–Msh3 activities. We identified a set of aromatic residues in the nucleotide binding pocket (FLY motif) of Msh3 that, when mutated, disrupted MMR, but left 3′NHTR largely intact. One of these mutations, msh3Y942A, was predicted to disrupt the nucleotide sandwich and allow altered positioning of ATP within the pocket. To develop a mechanistic understanding of the differential requirements for ATP binding and/or hydrolysis in the two pathways, we characterized Msh2–Msh3 and Msh2–msh3Y942A ATP binding and hydrolysis activities in the presence of MMR and 3′NHTR DNA substrates. We observed distinct, substrate-dependent ATP hydrolysis and nucleotide turnover by Msh2–Msh3, indicating that the MMR and 3′NHTR DNA substrates differentially modify the ATP binding/hydrolysis activities of Msh2–Msh3. Msh2–msh3Y942A retained the ability to bind DNA and ATP but exhibited altered ATP hydrolysis and nucleotide turnover. We propose that both ATP and structure-specific repair substrates cooperate to direct Msh2–Msh3-mediated repair and suggest an explanation for the msh3Y942A separation-of-function phenotype.

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