Novel RNA and DNA strand exchange activity of the PALB2 DNA Binding Domain and its critical role for DNA repair in cells

  1. Jaigeeth Deveryshetty
  2. Thibaut Peterlini
  3. Mikhail Ryzhikov
  4. Nadine Brahiti
  5. Graham Dellaire
  6. Jean-Yves Masson
  7. Sergey Korolev  Is a corresponding author
  1. Saint Louis University School of Medicine, United States
  2. CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Canada
  3. Dalhousie University, Canada

Abstract

BReast Cancer Associated proteins 1 and 2 (BRCA1, -2) and Partner and Localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2) protein are tumor suppressors linked to a spectrum of malignancies, including breast cancer and Fanconi anemia. PALB2 coordinates functions of BRCA1 and BRCA2 during homology-directed repair (HDR) and interacts with several chromatin proteins. In addition to protein scaffold function, PALB2 binds DNA. The functional role of this interaction is poorly understood. We identified a major DNA-binding site of PALB2, mutations in which reduce RAD51 foci formation and the overall HDR efficiency in cells by 50%. PALB2 N-terminal DNA-binding domain (N-DBD) stimulates the function of RAD51 recombinase. Surprisingly, it possesses the strand exchange activity without RAD51. Moreover, N-DBD stimulates the inverse strand exchange and can use DNA and RNA substrates. Our data reveal a versatile DNA interaction property of PALB2 and demonstrate a critical role of PALB2 DNA binding for chromosome repair in cells.

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  1. Jaigeeth Deveryshetty

    Edward A Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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  2. Thibaut Peterlini

    Genome Stability Laboratory, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, Canada
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  3. Mikhail Ryzhikov

    Edward A Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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  4. Nadine Brahiti

    Genome Stability Laboratory, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, Canada
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  5. Graham Dellaire

    Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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  6. Jean-Yves Masson

    Genome Stability Laboratory, CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec City, Canada
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  7. Sergey Korolev

    Edward A Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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Siteman Cancer Center

  • Sergey Korolev

Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital

  • Sergey Korolev

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

  • Jean-Yves Masson

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2019, Deveryshetty et al.

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  1. Jaigeeth Deveryshetty
  2. Thibaut Peterlini
  3. Mikhail Ryzhikov
  4. Nadine Brahiti
  5. Graham Dellaire
  6. Jean-Yves Masson
  7. Sergey Korolev
(2019)
Novel RNA and DNA strand exchange activity of the PALB2 DNA Binding Domain and its critical role for DNA repair in cells
eLife 8:e44063.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44063

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