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主酶促进转录和复制在同一模板链上的竞争,导致DNA损伤

Weifeng Zhang^1,2, Zhuo Yang^1,2, Wenjie Wang^1,2

¹Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.

Nature communications

|January 3, 2024

概括

主酶活动通过影响复制速度促进转录复制冲突 (TRC) 和DNA损伤. 抑制原酶或DNA聚合酶可以挽救由头部TRC (HO-TRC) 引起的基因组不稳定性.

科学领域:

分子生物学分子生物学
遗传学是一个遗传学.
植物科学植物科学

背景情况:

转录复制冲突 (TRCs),特别是Head-On TRCs (HO-TRCs),可以导致R循环和DNA损伤,但这些机制仍然不明朗.
一种质细胞局部化的RNase H1蛋白,AtRNH1C,此前已被鉴定为其在去除R循环和解决HO-TRC以保持基因组完整性方面的作用.

研究的目的:

阐明HO-TRCs的潜在机制及其对基因组稳定性的影响.
研究质细胞局部化原酶 (ATH) 和DNA聚合酶 (Pol1A) 在TRC和DNA损伤中的作用.

主要方法:

突变发生屏幕用于识别影响质细胞局部化原酶 (ATH) 的突变.
对野生类型和突变植物的发育表型的分析.
链特异性DNA损伤测序用于绘制DNA损伤部位的地图.
过度表达ATH的研究和Pol1A.的突变分析.

主要成果:

确定了ATH的突变,削弱了DNA模板结合和减少RNA原始合成/传递,这减缓了复制并挽救了atrnh1c突变者的发育缺陷.
在转录单元末端的滞后链上,HO-TRCs会导致DNA损伤;ATH过度表达会加剧HO-TRCs和DNA损伤.
塑体DNA聚合酶Pol1A的突变也挽救了在atrnh1c突变体中观察到的缺陷.

结论:

叶绿体灵酶活性通过影响复制动力学来促进HO-TRC和基因组不稳定性.
通过原酶或DNA聚合酶突变减缓DNA复制,可以减轻HO-TRC诱导的DNA损伤和发育缺陷.
这些发现表明,通过TRCs,原酶活性有助于基因组不稳定.

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