Single-molecule observation of ATP-independent SSB displacement by RecO in Deinococcus radiodurans

  1. Jihee Hwang
  2. Jae-Yeol Kim
  3. Cheolhee Kim
  4. Soojin Park
  5. Sungmin Joo
  6. Seong Keun Kim  Is a corresponding author
  7. Nam Ki Lee  Is a corresponding author
  1. Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
  2. National Institutes of Health, United States
  3. Daegu National Science Museum, Republic of Korea
  4. Pohang University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea

Abstract

Deinococcus radiodurans (DR) survives in the presence of hundreds of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) breaks by efficiently repairing such breaks. RecO, an essential protein for the extreme radioresistance of DR, is one of the major recombination mediator proteins in the RecA-loading process in the RecFOR pathway. However, how RecO participates in the RecA-loading process is still unclear. In this work, we investigated the function of drRecO using single-molecule techniques. We found that drRecO competes with the ssDNA binding protein (drSSB) for binding to the freely exposed ssDNA and efficiently displaces drSSB from ssDNA without consuming ATP. drRecO replaces drSSB and dissociates it completely from ssDNA even though drSSB binds to ssDNA approximately 300 times more strongly than drRecO does. We suggest that drRecO facilitates the loading of RecA onto drSSB-coated ssDNA by utilizing a small drSSB-free space on ssDNA generated by the fast diffusion of drSSB on ssDNA.

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  1. Jihee Hwang

    Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  2. Jae-Yeol Kim

    National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  3. Cheolhee Kim

    Display, Daegu National Science Museum, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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  4. Soojin Park

    Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  5. Sungmin Joo

    Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea
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  6. Seong Keun Kim

    Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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    seongkim@snu.ac.kr
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  7. Nam Ki Lee

    Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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    namkilee@snu.ac.kr
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National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017R1A2B3010309)

  • Nam Ki Lee

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2018R1A2B2001422)

  • Seong Keun Kim

National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2019R1A2C2090896)

  • Nam Ki Lee

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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  1. Jihee Hwang
  2. Jae-Yeol Kim
  3. Cheolhee Kim
  4. Soojin Park
  5. Sungmin Joo
  6. Seong Keun Kim
  7. Nam Ki Lee
(2020)
Single-molecule observation of ATP-independent SSB displacement by RecO in Deinococcus radiodurans
eLife 9:e50945.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50945

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